Friday, January 06, 2012

US denies stoppage of F-16 programme

ISLAMABAD: The United States on Thursday denied media reports about cancelling its F-16 aircraft programme with Pakistan. “These reports are not accurate. Neither Pakistan nor the United States has cancelled the F-16 programme,” a US embassy statement said. According to the statement, the delivery of the last ‘new-buy’ F-16s purchased by Pakistan was scheduled to arrive in late January. “Several other F-16s purchased by Pakistan from the United States are undergoing mid-life upgrades and will arrive in Pakistan beginning in late January,” the statement said. The statement mentioned that the deliveries would continue throughout this year and the next. app

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

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