AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, South Korea will cut back its purchase of U.S.-made F-15 fighters over the next several years from 80 planes to 60 due to budget constraints, news reports said May 18.
Seoul has placed a firm order for 40 F-15Ks from Boeing for delivery by 2008 for $3.7 billion, and a first batch of four is already in service here.
But a plan to buy an additional 40 planes beginning in 2009 has been revised and the defense ministry can only afford to pay for 20, Yonhap news agency said.
