Washington – Fox: US To Deliver 20 F-16 Jets To Egypt

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    Five U.S. Air Force F-16 ''Fighting Falcon'' jets in this undated file photograph.
Credit: Reuters/USAF/Staff Sgt. Greg L. Davis/Handout/FilesWashington – The US is set to make good on a two-year-old arms deal in January when it delivers the first four of 20 F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in January, Fox News reported Tuesday.

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    Although the deal was inked with former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before a revolution swept him out of power, leading to a period of political instability, Washington is holding up its end of the deal, part of a $1 billion foreign aid package.

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    savtat
    savtat
    11 years ago

    Really scary.

    VeyIzMir
    VeyIzMir
    11 years ago

    Idiots!

    We’re talking about new madmen. The deal that the Americans struck have nothing to do with these bloodthirsty hounds.

    honestbroker
    honestbroker
    11 years ago

    G-d help us all

    proud-mo-israeli
    proud-mo-israeli
    11 years ago

    or as we call them in Israel: “Targets”

    qazxc
    qazxc
    11 years ago

    The Egyptian military functions largely as a separate entity under theoretical control of the Egyptian government and is all that stands between today’s bad situation and a complete takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood.

    Notice Bibi isn’t making waves about this?

    oygevault
    oygevault
    11 years ago

    G-d forfend!

    Phineas
    Phineas
    11 years ago

    It’s not a huge deal. Israel is given access to superior aeronautical technology and this is just a payoff so we have some say in Egyptian activities. You can be sure Israel has had the blueprints for the designs of these planes, and the planes themselves, for several years. The US pays off bad men all the time.

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    11 years ago

    Why is this upsetting? The Americans have control of the spare parts and other stuff needed to keep these aircraft flying. Not a problem. (An interesting question is if Egypt has problems fighter jets can solve, but that is another issue.)

    PashutehYid
    PashutehYid
    11 years ago

    This is impossible. Where will they get a box big enough to ship them in?

    enlightened-yid
    enlightened-yid
    11 years ago

    Egyptian F-16s are not a threat to Israel. When people say “F-16” they don’t have a clue that these fighter jets all look the same but what makes them more or less capable is the electronic technology inside and the smart bombs and missiles that they carry. Israel’s F-16s are much, much more advanced that there isn’t a qualitative threat to IAF. Also, Egypt does not have an internal defense industry that can support their aviation fleet. All the spare parts are contracted through the U.S. And fighter jets require constant, expensive maintenance for every hour of flight or they become flying junk.

    11 years ago

    Disturbing

    11 years ago

    To #7 -Morris- The U.S. Presidential election,which was held and decided on Nov. 6, 2012, was over a month ago. It appears that you are still recriminating about the results of that fair, election. GET OVER IT!!!

    Benjey
    Benjey
    11 years ago

    You could have the best fighter jets in the world F35 if you dont know how to fly them they are worth nothing the Egyptian Air force has no clue how to use these planes