Saudi Arabia to Get Europe-Based F-15s
<i> Reuters</i>
BITBURG, West Germany —
The United States has sold Saudi Arabia 12 F-15C fighter-bombers based in West Germany, a U.S. Air Force spokeswoman said Thursday.
The planes, currently stationed at the U.S. base at Bitburg, will be flown in the next few days to the Persian Gulf region and handed over to Saudi crews, Lydie Hengen of the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing said.
She declined to give further details of the sale, saying only that the deal was made in anticipation of a possible deterioration in the situation in the gulf.
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