The upgrade program for 85 F-16 fighter airplanes to the Block 70/72 Viper standard will be formally launched on Monday, Lockheed Martin’s VP Business Development Initiatives in Europe Dennis Plessas said at a press conference in Thessaloniki.

Greece will receive the first batch of upgraded F-16s (Vipers) from the United States in 2019, Alternate National Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas told Sto Kokkino FM radio.