Surplus F-16 fighter jets sold to Chile

The defence ministry has agreed to sell 18 surplus F-16 fighter jets to Chile, junior defence minister Jack de Vries told MPs on Monday.


Sources told news agency ANP the sale could raise €100m. The deal will be signed as soon as possible and the first jets delivered in 2010, ANP said.

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