US approves foreign military sales of F-16 equipment

“This proposed sale is consistent with US law and policy as expressed in Public Law 96-8. This proposed sale serves US national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernise its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability,” according to a statement from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) published on 4 June.

“The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance, and economic progress in the region.

“The proposed sale will improve the recipient’s ability to meet current and future threats by maintaining the operational readiness of the recipient’s fleet of F-16 aircraft. The recipient will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces.

“The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. This equipment will be transferred from US Air Force stock. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.”

Implementation of the proposed sale is not expected to require the assignment of any additional US government or contractor representatives to the recipient. It’s understood there will be no adverse impact on US defence readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

In the second possible US$80 million foreign military sale approved by the US State Department, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office has requested to buy non-standard spare and repair parts, components, consumables, and accessories for F-16 aircraft as well as US government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support.

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“This proposed sale is consistent with US law and policy as expressed in Public Law 96-8,” according to a statement published by the DSCA on 5 June.

“This proposed sale serves US national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernise its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability. The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance, and economic progress in the region.

“The proposed sale will improve the recipient’s ability to meet current and future threats by maintaining the operational readiness of the recipient’s fleet of F-16 aircraft. The recipient will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces.

“The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. This equipment will be transferred from US Air Force stock. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.

“Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional US Government or contractor representatives to the recipient. There will be no adverse impact on US defence readiness as a result of this proposed sale.”

Robert Dougherty

Robert is a senior journalist who has previously worked for Seven West Media in Western Australia, as well as Fairfax Media and Australian Community Media in New South Wales. He has produced national headlines, photography and videography of emergency services, business, community, defence and government news across Australia. Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Public Relations and Journalism at Curtin University, attended student exchange program with Fudan University and holds Tier 1 General Advice certification for Kaplan Professional. Reach out via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via LinkedIn.