رد: بوينغ تخفض من مزايا السايلنت ايقل
After one and a half year of negotiations since June 2010, US officials announced the deal on Dec 29, 2011. Valued at 29.4 billion USD, the agreement includes production of 84 new F-15SA aircraft and the modernization of 70 existing F-15S aircraft as well as munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistics.
“The United States is firmly committed to the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as we have been for nearly seven decades, and … more broadly, the United States and Saudi Arabia have a strong mutual interest in the security and stability of the Gulf,” said James N. Miller, principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy during a joint State Department and Defense Department briefing. The F-15s Saudi Arabia will receive „will have the latest generation of computing power, radar technology, infrared sensors and electronic warfare systems,” he added.
As part of the agreement, Saudi airmen will be attending Air Force technical training courses at a number of Air Force installations, including Sheppard AFB, TX, and Keesler AFB, MS. Saudi airmen will train alongside their USAF counterparts. USAF will also coordinate English language training for the students at Lackland AFB, TX, officials added.