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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Defense Ministry signs contract for F-16 aircraft purchase

F-16 Fighting FalconDefense minister Mircea Dusa announced on Thursday that he had signed a contract with the Portuguese for the purchase of F-16 airplanes and had paid the first installment of 100 million euro from the total amount of 600 million euro as stipulated by contract.

Minister Dusa said, early this month that the equipping program with multirole aircraft would begin this fall by modernizing the airplanes Romania purchased from Portugal.

The first F-16 planes will reach Romania in 2015, according to the protocol.

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