Pakistan to receive 4 F-16 fighter jets from U.S.

By Xinhua,

Islamabad : Pakistan will receive four refurbished F-16 fighter-jets from the United States on Saturday, a media report said.

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The fighter jets are part of a consignment of 12 refurbished planes that Pakistan would receive from the United States.

Pakistan, a major non-NATO ally of the United States, receive two of these jets earlier this year and another four last month. Two more planes would be delivered next month, Dawn News newspaper said.

Pakistan also signed an agreement with the United States in 2006 for purchase of 18 new F-16-C and F-16-D aircrafts.