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Egypt to buy 24 F-16 Block 40s
March 10, 1999 (by
Lieven Dewitte) -
The United States Thursday agreed to sell Egypt $3.2 billion worth of new American weapons, including 24 F-16 fighter jets, 200 M-1A1 tanks and32 Patriot missiles.
Egypt would pay for the arms from the $1.2 billion a year it gets in U.S. military aid. The 24 F-16 fighters would cost $1.2 billion and would increase a force of 196 F-16s already in Egypt's airforce.
The equipment is unlikely to be delivered for some years because the Patriots are still being developed and the F-16 planes have yet to be built.
Egypt, one of Washington's strongest allies in the Arab world, would receive the "block 40"model of the F-16, the most advanced version of the world's most popular attack jet. The Pentagon has approved the sales in principle but no deal has been signed yet.
The equipment is unlikely to be delivered for some years because the Patriots are still being developed and the F-16 planes have yet to be built.
Egypt, one of Washington's strongest allies in the Arab world, would receive the "block 40"model of the F-16, the most advanced version of the world's most popular attack jet. The Pentagon has approved the sales in principle but no deal has been signed yet.
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