Morocco To Buy JDAMs, Bombs Worth $209M for F-16 Fighters

The US State Department approved Morocco’s request to buy additional F-16 ammunition including Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) and bombs, worth $209 million to be equipped on its new F-16 fighter jets.

The African country has also requested 25 F-16C/D Block 72 jets for $3.8 billion, and upgrade of its existing fleet of 23 F‑16s to the F‑16V Block 52+ configuration, estimated at $985.2 million earlier this year.

“The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Morocco of additional F-16 ammunition for an estimated cost of $209 million,” Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement Thursday.

The Government of Morocco had requested sale of five thousand eight hundred and ten (5,810) MK82-1 Bombs (Tritonal); three hundred (300) MK84-4 Bombs (Tritonal); one hundred and five (105) Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) KMU-572F/B Tail Kits; one hundred eighty (180) MXU-651B/B Air Foil Groups (AFG), GBU-10; four thousand one hundred twenty five (4,125) MXU-650C/B AFGs, GBU-12; four thousand three hundred and five (4,305) MAU-169L/B Computer Control Groups (CCG), GBU-10,-12,-16; and five thousand one hundred seventy-eight (5,178) FMU-152 Fuzes. 

Also included are flares M-206, Flares MJU-7A/B, Impulse Cartridges BBU-36, Impulse Cartridges BBU-35/B, Bomb Sensor DSU-33C/B, chaff, bomb components, spares, repair parts, support equipment, publications and technical documentation, engineering technical and support services, and other related elements of logistics, transportation, and program support.