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I don't believe so, or at least I've never heard about Russian F-16s. Iran still flies some old F-14s though. The USAF seems to be pretty strict about not allo
by Inconel 10y ago
I don't believe so, or at least I've never heard about Russian F-16s. Iran still flies some old F-14s though.
The USAF seems to be pretty strict about not allowing more modern fighters to end up in private hands. There are a number of F-86s, F-104s, F-5s and I believe one F-4 Phantom still flying around the US in the hands of private collectors and air museums but nothing newer like F-14s, F-15s, F-16s or F-18s.
Edit: While I've never heard of any F-16s in Russia I'm sure the Russians have had plenty of time inspecting and probably even flying F-16s, it was a very widely exported plane.
- digi_owl 10y agoNever mind that Iran is still flying F-14s...
- knz 10y agoDoes Russia have an equivalent of ITAR? If not, that could partly explain why US aircraft are less commonly sold. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arm...