AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE,
Chile is to buy 18 F-16 warplanes from the Netherlands air force, which is getting rid of a number that are surplus to requirements, the Dutch defense ministry said Dec. 16.
The deal was agreed during a visit to The Hague by Chilean Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet de la Fuente on Thursday and Friday, the ministry said.
The Chilean minister was also to take formal possession of two Dutch navy frigates that have been sold to Santiago.
The Netherlands is disposing of 29 of its 137 US-designed F-16s. Three were recently sold to Jordan.
