Turkish aviation company to deliver F-16s to Pakistan
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Turkish Aerospace Industries will deliver last four of modernized F-16 fighters to Pakistan on Tuesday.
Turkish Aerospace Industries has modernized the last four of Pakistans F-16 fighter jets, completing a five-year contract.
The remaining four aircraft will be handed over in a ceremony in Ankara on Tuesday.
The company, known by the acronym TUSAS, signed a contract with Pakistans Ministry of Defense in 2009. Under the program, Turkish technicians were to upgrade and test 41 aircraft.
The first of the planes were delivered two years ago.
TUSAS began co-producing U.S.-designed F-16s for the Turkish Air Force in 1984 and is one of the worlds main aerospace companies involved in F-16 manufacture and modernization.
It has also upgraded the Royal Jordanian Air Forces F-16s.
The remaining four aircraft will be handed over in a ceremony in Ankara on Tuesday.
The company, known by the acronym TUSAS, signed a contract with Pakistans Ministry of Defense in 2009. Under the program, Turkish technicians were to upgrade and test 41 aircraft.
The first of the planes were delivered two years ago.
TUSAS began co-producing U.S.-designed F-16s for the Turkish Air Force in 1984 and is one of the worlds main aerospace companies involved in F-16 manufacture and modernization.
It has also upgraded the Royal Jordanian Air Forces F-16s.
