Abu DhabiSunday, February 13, 2005
The UAE will take delivery of the first squadron of F16 fighter aircraft in May and the rest in batches in subsequent months.
Plans to acquire a multi-billion dollar missile defence system by the UAE as well as five E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft may take some time as they are still being studied, Major General Khalid Abdullah Al Bu-Ainnain, Commander of the UAE Air Force and Air Defence, said yesterday.
The $350 million (Dh1.29 billion) deal with Northrop Grumman of the US for five E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft is also being studied, among other deals.
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