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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Denmark Delays Fighter Purchase up to 4 Years

F-16 Fighting FalconDenmark has put off a decision on buying a replacement fighter for the nation's aging F-16 fleet until as late as 2014 following a decision to retire 18 of its current F-16 Falcons and extend the service lives of its 30 remaining F-16s past 2016, a Danish defense official said in a March 24 e-mail.

Denmark was on track to choose a new fighter to replace its 48 F-16s with F-35 Joints Strike Fighters, F/A-18E/F Super Hornets or Saab Gripens in 2009.

That decision was recently pushed to 2010 as concerns mounted about delays and cost overruns in the F-35 program.

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