Croatia selects Israeli second-hand F-16C/Ds

Croatia’s Defense Council has recommended that the country accept an offer from Israel to sell 10 F-16Cs and 2 F-16Ds.

Israeli F-16C takes off from Ovda Airport in 2013
By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lee Osberry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The country is shopping for a new fighter aircraft to replace its MiG-21 fleet. The F-16 was offered for sale to Croatia by Greece and United States as well. Sweden proposed to sell new JAS39s.