Qatar expects six F-15 war planes will be conveyed to its flying corps by March 2021, a military authority said on Monday, the primary bunch of 36 it consented to purchase from the United States a year ago in an arrangement worth $12 billion.
Brigadier General Issa al-Mahannadi told columnists at the Al Udeid air base in Qatar a further six are required to be conveyed three months after the underlying cluster is gotten and four more are normal at regular intervals from that point.
Qatar consented to arrangements to purchase war planes from the United States and additionally Europe a year ago after a political debate broke out among it and neighbors Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain.
"This isn't a buy, it is a vital association with the U.S.," Mahannadi said.
Qatar in August reported it would extend Al Udeid, which has the biggest U.S. military office in the Middle East, to oblige the F-15s and other warrior planes.
Mahannadi said development on the region for the F-15s would begin in 2020 and be finished by 2021, so as to get the principal conveyance.
Qatar is additionally purchasing French Rafale war planes and Eurofighter Typhoon war planes.
Boeing was granted the agreement for the F-15s.
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