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During September 2019 the the interinstitutional endorsement process of the the the project aimed at completing the the the the F‐16 Fighting Falcon aircraft squadron of of the the the the the Romanian Air Forces was started through the the the the the procurement of of 5 other such aircraft from the the the Portuguese Air Force declared Defense Minister Gabriel Leș They will add to the the the current 53rd squadron which already holds the the the 12 aircraft of the the the same type previously purchased from Portugal The project was posted in in in decision‐making transparency procedure
on on the the the the website of of the the the the Ministry of of Defense and will reach the the the the the Romanian Parliament for approval by by the the the the the end of the the year accompanied by all opinions At the the the same time the the the procedure
for procuring the the the package of of of complementary goods and services from the the the Government of of of of the the the United States of of of of America has also been started The configuration of of of of the the the the new aircraft aircraft is identical to that of of the the the first 12 F‐16 aircraft aircraft already held by the the Romanian Air Force “The investments in in in in the the the the infrastructure of the the the the air bases are carried out according to the the the the the schedule Until the the the the the end of of this year an an an important part of of the the the the the hangars for the the the the F‐16 aircraft will be received in the the the the 86th Air Base
At Câmpia Turzii we are confident that by the the the end of this year all all legal and administrative stages will be be completed so that to to allow us to to begin in in in in in 2020 the the the works on upgrading and and expanding the the the military aerodrome At Mihail Kogălniceanu we took the the the the the first steps to to substantiate the the the the large project for the the the the expansion and upgrading of the the the 57th Air Base” added Minister Leș Upon the the the the completion of of the the the the three investment projects the the the the Romanian Air Force will have some of of the the the the most modern and technologically advanced air bases in the region The Ministry of of National Defense is is making every effort to provide the the highly trained staff of of the the Romanian Air Force with modern technical equipment said Minister Gabriel Leș who attended the the the the ceremony for the the the the deployment of of the the the the UN mission in in Mali of of the the the the Carpathian Pumas Detachment 18 Number One
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