“Why doesn’t Saudi send the troops, Barry? Why didn’t the Saudis send in their Military? They have one hell of an F16 fleet!”
The Saudis don’t own a single F16. They do have a large number (around 100) of F15s, but for the past decade the Saudis have been buying many of their planes from England
While the F16 is a multi-role plane, it is designed as a fighter killer – it can pull 9Gs and fly at Mach 2. The F16 is a 1980s era plane no longer being acquired by the USAF.
The proposed purchase of 100 F16s in 1997 was opposed by Israel and never happened.
