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Greece considers selling old F-16s to help Ukraine - media

17 July, 2024 Wednesday
12:07

Greece is considering decommissioning 32 old F-16 Block 30 fighter jets and selling them to the United States for further transfer to Ukraine

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Al Jazeera reports this with reference to its own sources. 

“Greece is about to decommission 32 older F-16 Block-30 fighter jets as it upgrades 82 F-16s to Block-70 and acquires 24 fourth-generation Rafale fighters from France,” the report says.

Thus, Greece prefers the formula for transferring 32 fighter jets to Ukraine - to sell them to the United States for modernization and transfer to Kyiv.

One of the engineers of the Greek Air Force said that the sale of 32 F-16 fighters could create a significant gap in the country's air force.

  • On July 10, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Denmark and the Netherlands have already begun the process of transferring F-16s to Ukraine.
  • Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva assured that Ukraine already has schedules for the delivery of F-16s from partner countries.
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