Can one purchase have the Philippines change its air defense posture and tip the scales in the South China Sea? That is the question looming over Manila’s possible $5.58 billion F-16 Block 70/72 ...

Few days after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Philippines, Washington cleared the sale of 20 F-16s to the country. The U.S. State Department has approved the Foreign Military Sale ...

Key Points and Summary - USAF leaders floated an “F-16 Block 80” as a faster, cheaper way to bolster a shrinking fighter force. -The concept would build on export-only Block 70/72 jets—much like ...