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The European Participating Air Forces Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal completed operational testing of the M3 upgrade to their F-16 aircraft last March. The testing was conducted from Orland AB, Norway. Eight lead-the-fleet modified aircraft were flown on 208 sorties, an average of more than twelve sorties per day. Approximately thirty percent of the missions were flown at night. The M3 upgrade is a hardware and software follow-on to EPAF's F-16 Mid-Life Update. Enhancements include Link-16 datalink, helmet-mounted cueing system, and inertially aided munitions, such as the latest GPS-guided precision weapons.
RNOAF Photo By Capt. Helge Hopen
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