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  Purchase of F-16 jets to fight terror, won’t accept any conditions: Pakistan tells US

  World | May 07, 2016 18:44 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan needs modern F-16 fighter jets for the war against terrorism but rejects the conditions the US has attached with the sale, foreign secretary Aizaz Chaudhry said on Saturday. Chaudhary said no conditions should

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  Supply to F-16 jets to Pakistan is to ‘fight terrorism’: US Defence Secretary

  World | April 12, 2016 21:37 IST

  Contending that the US takes terror emanating from Pakistan very seriously, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter today justified the country’s decsion to supply F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan saying the jets have been given to them to counter terrorism

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  Despite stiff opposition, US govt issues notification for sale of F-16s to Pakistan

  World | March 05, 2016 18:02 IST

  Washington: Amidst stiff opposition from India and top American lawmakers, the US government has formally published federal notification for the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.“This proposed sale contributes to US foreign policy

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  UAE sends F-16s to Jordan to fight Islamic State

  World | February 07, 2015 23:34 IST

  Amman, Jordan: The United Arab Emirates said Saturday it ordered a squadron of F-16 fighters to Jordan, which an official said would participate in airstrikes on the Islamic State group after the UAE earlier suspended

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  US Air Force F-16 Fighters Escort Two Flights After Alerts

  World | September 12, 2011 22:33 IST

  New York, Sept 12:  US Air Force fighters were scrambled and escorted two civilian flights one to New York and other bound for Detroit after passengers spent “an extra-ordinary time in the bathroom”, mirroring the