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 The Egyptian Air Force celebrated the arrival of the first four F-16s of its sixth F-16 program during ceremonies at Gianaklis AB on 19 August. The F-16s, produced earlier this year in the United States, are the first of twenty-four aircraft in a Foreign Military Sales program named Peace Vector VI. The aircraft were ferried to Egypt in June and underwent thorough receiving inspections. A total of ten aircraft have been produced thus far. Four more aircraft will be ferried in early September, and the remainder of the aircraft will be delivered this year and in early 2002.
The EAF already operates similar F-16s at the Fighter Weapons Training School at Gianaklis AB. Egypt received its first F-16s in 1982 and has ordered 220 aircraft, giving it the fourth largest fleet of F-16s in the world. Egypt is second only to the US Air Force in repeat F-16 buys.
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