Slovak Air Force pilots will train to fly the F-16C/D Block 70 Fighting Falcon with the Arizona Air National Guard’s (ANG’s) 162nd Wing at Morris Air National Guard Base (ANGB) in Tucson, the USAF announced on November 15.
An initial group of four Slovak F-16C/D Block 70s are scheduled to arrive at Tucson International Airport – where Morris ANGB is co-located – in the spring of 2024 and will remain at the Arizona base until 2026.
The first Slovak F-16C Block 70 was unveiled at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 7, 2023, before it completed its maiden flight later that month. Slovakia ordered 12 F-16Cs and two F-16Ds in September 2018, and deliveries of the first examples of the US-built fighter are expected to begin in Q2 2024.
