Taiwan’s F-16V upgrade

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence will increase the budget for upgrading the Republic of China Air Force’s (ROCAF’s) F-16A/B fleet. A high-ranking defence official said that additional funding was for an increase in the number and types of air-to-air missiles to be carried. These upgrades are alongside a package of enhancements being applied to all 141 of the ROCAF’s surviving F-16A/B Block 20s to bring them up to F-16V (Block 70/72) standard, Lockheed Martin having been awarded a contract for the F-16V upgrade on 1 October 2012.