F16 - 30 years serving Portugal
Portuguese Air Force F16 - 30 years serving Portugal
Portuguese Air Force F16 - 30 years serving Portugal
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Early Days
The Choice
PA I
The Founders
The Beginning
QRA
Air Exclusion
Deployments
TLP
Determined Falcon
Allied Force
Pilot Exchange
Red Flag
TACEVAL
PA II
MNFP
EPAF
ETS
Lean - BA5
FWIT
Smart Weapons
Test Pilots
M-Series/S-Series
1st Squadron MLU
NATO Defense
White Flags
100% MLU
Alienation
Simulators
100K Hours
Safety
  • Early Days
  • The Choice
  • PA I
  • The Founders
  • The Beginning
  • QRA
  • Air Exclusion
  • Deployments
  • TLP
  • Determined Falcon
  • Allied Force
  • Pilot Exchange
  • Red Flag
  • TACEVAL
  • PA II
  • MNFP
  • EPAF
  • ETS
  • Lean - BA5
  • FWIT
  • Smart Weapons
  • Test Pilots
  • M-Series/S-Series
  • 1st Squadron MLU
  • NATO Defense
  • White Flags
  • 100% MLU
  • Alienation
  • Simulators
  • 100K Hours
  • Safety

Deployments

The ability to deploy as an operational force in any Area of Operations (AOR), whether within the national responsibility area or under Cooperative Security agreements (NATO/EU), has been part of the mission of Portugal's national F-16s since the beginning of their operations.
In this way, deployments, whether in training or as part of a Deployed National Force (DNF) on a mission, are part of the genetics of national F-16 operations.
Over the past 30 years of operation, there have been several situations in which the Portuguese F-16s were deployed and operated from other base units, both within national territory and abroad, in training environments or real missions.

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The first international deployments for the Portuguese F-16s occurred in 1995 - just one year after their arrival in national territory - during the Central Enterprise 95 exercise. This event also marked their first participation in a NATO event on foreign soil.
The first operational deployment took place in 1998 as part of Operation Determined Falcon, a precursor to what would later become Operation Allied Force a year later, later framed within the Allied response to the armed conflict in Kosovo.

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