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Pakistan to pay for 44 F-16s from its own kitty
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.
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Pakistan, which had originally asked the US to provide 72 brand new F-16 aircraft, will have to pay the price of the 44 planes from its own kitty, though it was assumed last year that their price would be paid from the US military aid announced during President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Washington.

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 Zia’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 2006-04-30
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