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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Singapore buys 12 Boeing F-15s to upgrade airforce

Singapore will buy 12 more Boeing F-15 fighter aircraft to replace its ageing fleet of A-4 Skyhawk jets, the government said on Monday.

The Boeing Co planes will be delivered from 2010. The Ministry of Defence said in a statement it had exercised an option in a contract signed in December 2005 to buy eight of the F-15SG aircraft and had ordered an extra four planes.

The U.S. Defense Department said in August it was tentatively planning to sell Singapore up to 84 precision-guided bombs for its F-15 fighter fleet as part of a military package deal valued at up to $200 million.

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