By IANS,
Islamabad: The US has agreed to give 14 more F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said Saturday.
Briefing the media at the air headquarters, Suleman said the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was ready to thwart any internal or external threat.
He said an air exercise now under way would continue till May 10. “Its sole purpose is to ensure the country’s security,” the Online news agency quoted him as saying.
He said the US had agreed to give 14 F-16 jets in addition to the 18 it was committed to.
Pakistan will also participate in a joint exercise with the US, he said. He added that the air force had not asked the US for drone technology and that it would develop it on its own.
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