Aircraft
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F-16 Jordan
An RJAF F-16BM leads an F-16AM, U.S. Air Force F-16C and U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 during a joint exercise. The F-16AM/BM has a brake chute mounted in a fairing at the base of the fin. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

Jordan’s Royal Air Force Command has signed an amendment to a letter of offer and acceptance to acquire 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72s. The deal was signed in Amman by the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) commander, Brigadier General Pilot Muhammad Fathi Hiyasat, and deputy ambassador Rohit Nepal on behalf of the U.S. government, in the presence of Jordan’s deputy joint chief of staff, Brigadier General Abdullah Al Shudaifat.

The amendment supersedes an earlier agreement to buy eight F-16s, which was announced in June 2022. The deal comes within the “framework of strengthening the defense capabilities and military deterrence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, increasing the level of combat readiness and joint operations with the friendly American side,” said an RJAF statement.

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