Portugal may opt for ‘Viper’ upgrade

Two FAP F-16s and a P-3 arrived at Lajes for a brief stay in the Azores on September 24. F-16AM 15135 touched down using the callsign ‘FALCN 42’, accompanied by F-16AM 15117 ‘FALCN 41’ and P-3C 14808 ‘RESCUE 24’. André Inácio PORTUGAL MAY modernise its F-16 fleet to F-16V configuration after the government in Lisbon authorised replacement of the current Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Block Upgrade I by the AN/ USQ-190(V)5(C) MIDS Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS). An