US agrees to sale F-16 to the Philippines

Manila made a request to sale 20 F-16-16-16 aircraft in C and 4 D versions. The machines are to be in the latest configuration - Block 70/72. In addition to the aircraft itself, 24 F110-GE-129D or F100-PW-229 engines (20 installed, 4 backups), 22 active AN/APG-83 Channel Agile Beam Radar (SABR) (20 installed, 2 backups), 22 modular 7000AH (20 installed, 2 backups) and 22 built-in GPS systems were agreed to be sold.