By a decision of the caretaker cabinet, Bulgaria will purchase another eight F-16 fighter jets from the US. In this way the Bulgarian Air Force will have a full squadron of 16 new fighter aircraft, caretaker Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said, as quoted by public service TV BNT.
The cabinet also endorsed a programme for financing 13 priority defence projects worth EUR 3.7 billion, among them the acquisition of new infantry fighting vehicles, 3D radars, submarines and patrol warships.
By 2025 USA will have to deliver the first eight aircraft negotiated and paid for at the time of the Boyko Borissov cabinet. With the decision the caretaker cabinet made today, another eight jets will be bought ,costing USD 1 billion 296 million, to be delivered in 2027.
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