PTI / APP,
Islamabad: Pakistan, which would get the first delivery of two F-16 fighters by year-end, has said it is currently negotiating with the US for 75 aircrafts.
“Pakistan should be getting two F-16s by December and a number of stages have passed ever since Washington approved the sale of F-16s to Pakistan early this year and things have moved smoothly on this front,” Pakistan's ambassador to the US Jehangir Karamat said.
Right now the exact configuration, cost and numbers are being negotiated between the two countries. “We are looking at something like 75 F-16s,” he told Pakistan's official news agency APP.
Pakistan has around 32 F-16s made in 1980s, which continue to be its mainstay and hopes to refurbish its fleet with a combination of new and serviced F-16s. The package of 75 F-16s was expected to cost around three billion dollars.
