The Romanian Air Force will receive another three F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft today. The reception ceremony will take place at the military base in Borcea, Calarasi county.

These are used Portuguese aircraft, which have been upgraded. The Romanian Air Force has thus completed the first stage in introducing multirole aircraft.

Romanian officials, including the Secretary of State for Defense and Planning Policy Mircea Dusa, took part at the aircraft delivery-reception ceremony in Portugal on September 27.

The acquisition is the result of a contract concluded in September 30, 2013, between the Romanian Government and the Portuguese Government, to acquire 12 multirole aircraft. The contract amounts to EUR 628 million, VAT included.

The first six multirole aircraft arrived in Romania in September last year, and another three were received in mid-December 2016.

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