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Bulgaria's $1.26Bln Deal for 8 US F-16 Jets Comes Into Effect - Reports

CC BY 2.0 / Capt. Shannon Collins / 100427-F-6393C-080Two F-16 Fighting Falcons pilots with the 8th Fighter Wing's 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea
Two F-16 Fighting Falcons pilots with the 8th Fighter Wing's 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The contract for Bulgaria's $1.26 billion deal to purchase eight new F-16 fighter jets and supporting equipment went into effect on Tuesday following its publication in the Bulgarian State Gazette.

The fact that the deal has been promulgated is significant because Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who last week vetoed the purchase, saying the lack of consensus on the deal was "worrying," no longer can amend the national budget, into which the purchase has already been included.

The national parliament overturned the presidential veto on Friday.

© Photo : Israel Aerospace Industries/Israel Military Industries A Rampage supersonic stand-off air-to-surface missile being launched from an F-16 multirole combat aircraft
Bulgaria's $1.26Bln Deal for 8 US F-16 Jets Comes Into Effect - Reports - Sputnik International
A Rampage supersonic stand-off air-to-surface missile being launched from an F-16 multirole combat aircraft

The F-16 deal is Bulgaria's biggest military purchase since the fall of communism three decades ago. According to the Bulgarian National Radio, the first F-16 will arrive by mid-2023, followed by four more by the end of that year. The rest will arrive in 2024.

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