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U.S. delivers first F-16 fighter planes to Jordan

November 29, 1998 (by Lieven Dewitte) - U.S. pilots delivered to Jordan on Wednesday a first batch of F-16 fighter planes to modernize Jordanian air power. The four F-16s, which landed at Mufaq Salti desert base (near Azraq), are the first group of 16 fighter bombers, worth a total $220 million, to be delivered by February.