Lockheed Martin delivered the first Royal Bahraini Air Force F-16 at a Greenville, South Carolina ceremony. The US company called the aircraft the "falcon of the future".
When the Kingdom of Bahrain commissioned Lockheed Martin to build the F-16 Block 70, the company overhauled its assembly system during a pandemic, completing the plane in three years and for more than $50 million.
Slovakia is currently waiting in line to receive the second delivery. Six countries have placed orders for the next generation of jets.
