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Tusas Aerospace Industries to upgrade Pakistani F-16s
November 23, 2006 (by
Lieven Dewitte) -
Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul was in Pakistan attending the IDEAS 2006 Defense Industry Fair where he met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday.
Gonul said that they had agreed on a deal to upgrade and modernize Pakistan's F-16 fighters.
The Turkish Tusas Aerospace Industries (TAI) will handle the work.
TUSAS is an acronym which stands for Tusas Ucak Sanayii AS, or Turkish Aircraft Industries, which is a company owned jointly by Turkish and American shareholders.
According to the Pakistani Daily Times Pakistan Air Chief Air Marshal Rashad Kaleem recently said that the US will begin providing new F-16 jet fighters to Pakistan from December 2008 onwards, and would provide all by 2009-end.
PAF F-16B block 15 #84606 from the 9th sqn is coming in for landing at Konya AB during exercise Anatolian Eagle held there in June of 2006. [Photo by Emin Fýndýklý]
The Turkish Tusas Aerospace Industries (TAI) will handle the work.
TUSAS is an acronym which stands for Tusas Ucak Sanayii AS, or Turkish Aircraft Industries, which is a company owned jointly by Turkish and American shareholders.
According to the Pakistani Daily Times Pakistan Air Chief Air Marshal Rashad Kaleem recently said that the US will begin providing new F-16 jet fighters to Pakistan from December 2008 onwards, and would provide all by 2009-end.
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