Turkey to buy 30 F16s - air force chief

Posted on: Aug. 31st, 2006 || Source: Reuters | E-mail Article | Print Article

ANKARA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - NATO-member Turkey will purchase 30 F16 fighter jets as part of a plan to modernise its military, the chief of the air force said on Wednesday.

"We will purchase 30 F16s by 2011. We are still trying to find the funds but I don't think that will be a problem," Air Force chief General Faruk Comert told reporters during a Victory Day celebration, marking Turkey's war of independence.

The jets are made by the U.S. firm Lockheed Martin.

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