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Jordan buys three Dutch F-16B MLUs

November 21, 2005 (by Anonymous) - Jordan's prince Feisal bin AL-Hussein and Dutch secretary of state Van der Knaap signed a letter of intent this morning for the sale of three Dutch F-16s to the Royal Jordanian Air Force.

RNlAF F-16BM's #J-064 (322 sqn) & #J-209 (313 sqn) are spotted together on the tarmac at RAF Fairford on July 18th, 2005. [Photo by Mike Schoenmaker]

The signing happened at the ninth biennial Dubai Air Show, in the United Arab Emirates.

Object of the deal are three F-16B two seater which will be used by the Jordanian air force for training purposes. The jest are expected to be delivered to Jordan in 2006.