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 TURKEY PLANS TO BUY ADVANCED F-16s |
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ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey plans to procure advanced F-16 multi-role fighters
from the United States.Officials said the Turkish Air Force Command and the Defense Industry
Undersecretariat have decided to purchase 30 new F-16s from Lockheed Martin.
They said the purchase would maintain Turkey's combat air fleet until the
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter becomes available for export in 2014.Officials said an agreement with the Bush administration could be
reached by the end of 2006. They estimated the purchase of the Block 52+
aircraft at $1.5 billion.The Block 52+ has been regarded as the latest model of the F-16. In
2005, Turkey's neighbor and rival, Greece, ordered 30 such aircraft in a
$1.99 billion deal.
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