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Wed Aug 30, 2006
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 until 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.
The jets are made by the U.S. firm Lockheed Martin (LMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
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