F-16B (click to view full)
Back on May 6/05, DID discussed Turkey’s $1.1 billion agreement with the U.S. government to upgrade its 200+ F-16s to a common Block 40-50 configuration. Now Lockheed Martin Corp. in Fort Worth, TX has received an $83.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide for Peace Onyx III, the Government of Turkey F-16 Modernization Program. Solicitation began June 2005, and work will be complete by July 2006. The Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH issued the contract (FA8615-05-C-6002).