Four F-16 fighter jets purchased from the United States arrived Tuesday at the Los Cóndores Air Base in Iquique. Two jets arrived earlier this year and another four will join the fleet by the end of 2006 as part of a large-scale renovation of Chile’s Air Force.
"This renovation process is vital for the Air Force," said Commander Osvaldo Sarabia. "Our Mirage planes are reaching the end of their life span, their maintenance is becoming increasingly expensive, and these new planes are part of the natural replenishment of this stock."
Ten of the 26 F-16 jets in Chile’s fleet will be stationed in Iquique, while the other 16, purchased from Holland, will be based at Antofagasta. The purchase of ten aircraft and supplies from the U.S. was approved in 2001 under then-President Richard Lagos, after the U.S. ended a 20-year ban on the sale of advanced fighter aircraft to Latin America.
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