The government announced Wednesday it had turned down an option to buy 10 additional F-16 aircraft from the American defense giant Lockheed Martin.
The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) decided against the purchase of 10 additional F-16 fighter planes, available as an option under a previous agreement for the procurement of 30 aircraft of the same type, while endorsing the implementation of its 2005 decision for the purchase of the original 30 fourth-generation F-16s.
Defense Minister Evangelos Meimarakis said the decision was taken "out of great respect for the money of the Greek people, and with a sense of responsibility, so as not to disrupt the balance of power and the fighting capacity of the Greek Air Force."
Meimarakis said that a committee will be set up to assess the operational aspects and the cost factors and would make its recommendation to the next KYSEA so that it could decide the next moves concerning the procurement.
He stressed that the decision to waive the option for the 10 additional F-16 Block 52+ planes would in no way affect the approved future structure of the Greek Air Force, which calls for the acquisition of 60 modern fighter jets.
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