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Pakistan to pay for 44 F-16s from its own kitty | |
2006-04-30 | |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will purchase 44 F-16 fighter planes from the United States, of which only 18 will be brand new while 26 will be used ones.
The US Air Force and the Navy have been using these 26 planes for 20 years for training purposes. Initially, the planes were manufactured for delivery to the Pakistan Air Force during General ZiaÂ’s regime, which paid $650 million for them. The US will now charge about $12 million more as the price of these secondhand F-16 planes. The 18 brand new planes will be provided at approximately $50 million per piece, with the overall deal estimated to cost Pakistan $1.2 billion. All the 44 planes will be delivered to Pakistan within 30 months. The first batch of the used planes will be handed over to the country before the commencement of the general election next year. | |
Posted by:john |
#2 Initially, the planes were manufactured for delivery to the Pakistan Air Force during General ZiaÂ’s regime, which paid $650 million for them. The US will now charge about $12 million more as the price of these secondhand F-16 planes. Hahaha! We still got it. /Barnum |
Posted by: 6 2006-04-30 11:33 |
#1 Let's sweeten the deal... If they hand us Binny and the mad doktor alive... we cut the purchase price in half. |
Posted by: 3dc 2006-04-30 10:37 |