[Excerpt: First announced in May 1998, the estimated $6.4 billion deal calls for delivery of 80 F-16C/D aircraft to the UAE starting from the end of 2004 through 2007.] _http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/Februar y/theuae_February290.xml§ion=theuae_ (http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/February/theuae_February290.xml§ion=theu ae) UAE to get delivery of first F-16 batch in May By a staff reporter 10 February 2005
ABU DHABI â The UAE will take delivery of a first batch of the latest American-made F-16 fighter jets in May this year, UAE Air Force Commander has disclosed. "The UAE will start receiving the first batch of the 80 fighters in May," Major-General Khaled Mubarak Al Bu Ainan, Commander of the UAE Air Forces, said in an interview to Al Jundi magazine on the occasion of IDEX 2005, which will kick off on Saturday. The aircraft will be exported to the UAE under the terms of contractual agreements signed in March 2000 with the US aerospace company Lockheed Martin. First announced in May 1998, the estimated $6.4 billion deal calls for delivery of 80 F-16C/D aircraft to the UAE starting from the end of 2004 through 2007. "The highly sophisticated multi-role "Block 60" fighters purchased from the US Lockheed Martin will be a valuable addition to our air force capabilities," he added. He said the F-16 fighter deal was an important step towards boosting defence capabilities of the UAE and building an affective defence system based on a conventional deference force. Maj-Gen Al Bu Ainan said there were ambitious plans to modernise the air force and defence force to keep abreast with requirements of the third millennium. The $8.6 billion package, which involves the purchase of 80 F-16s, includes delivery, training, construction of air bases and other related facilities, spare parts and maintenance. Tailored to the UAE specifications, the Block 60 platform, according to industry sources, will include additional fuel tanks for extended range, a new electronic warfare system, a new mission computer, new cockpit displays, a new internal sensor suite, and a new Agile Beam Radar for improved tracking of multiple targets at longer ranges. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
