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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
This would leave the Bahrain order and what was delivered of the Pakistan order (airframes pulled into depot level maintenance and brought up to C/D standards. With 22 on order and 28 on hand, this may give the RAF 2-3 squadrons to replace the Phantom force with.
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That sounds like a reasonable idea to me. As a minor nitpick, perhaps it would be better to happen in 1995 than 1996? (As I've said already, I see no problem with the RAF operating F16's. I just question the timescale - I'm not sure how much time it would take to train an entire Wing's air and ground crews on a new aircraft that they have never flown / worked on before)