Bulgaria Decides to Start Talks with US on F-16 jet Deal

Defense | January 9, 2019, Wednesday // 14:09|  views

The Bulgarian government has approved a plan to start talks with the United States on buying eight new F-16 fighter jets to replace its ageing Soviet-made MiG-29s and improve compliance with NATO standards, the defence minister said on Wednesday.

The decision still requires parliament's approval. The deal for Lockheed Martin's F-16V Block 70 would be worth around 1.8 billion levs (£827 million), Bulgaria's biggest military procurement since the fall of Communist rule some 30 years ago..

 

Other bidders had included Sweden, with Saab's Gripen jets, and Italy, with second-hand Eurofighters.


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