The most important item of the Mid-Life Update package is the Texas Instruments Modular Mission Computer (MMC). Subcontractors are Terma, Nea Lindberg, and Signaal. This computer is based upon several MIPSCO R3000 64-bit Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) microprocessors. It runs the ADA high-order language with object oriented methodology for the OFP, resulting in easier and less costly software upgrades. It has 60 megabytes of memory and a throughput of 155 million operations per second.
When the F-16 entered service in 1979, it was expected that the aircraft would be replaced by a successor in 1999. In 1985, Secretary of Defense Van Houwelingen supported the idea of replacing the F-16 between 1995 and 2000 by the French Rafale. The Royal Netherlands Air Force, however, preferred development of an avionics upgrade for the F-16, since the Rafale would not be the technological step forward needed for the next generation of fighters — comparable with replacing the F-104 with the Mirage F-1 instead of the F-16. At that time the RNLAF was convinced the USAF would have an F-16 successor ready by 2005 and that this successor would have features the Rafale would not have.
This is the most extensive article you will find on the on the F-16 Mid-Life Upgrade program — which began in 1989 at the request of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
The SFOR maritime component (Operation Determined Guard) consisted of ships and aircraft from several nations, formed into Task Force 436, under the Commander Naval Forces Southern Europe (NAVSOUTH), Admiral Mario Angeli.
The land forces that were deployed to support the SFOR mission within Bosnia and Herzegovina came under the command of COMSFOR. They were divided into three multinational divisions together with divisional troops units as detailed below:
Estimated troop strength: 32,000 troops, deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
