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AUSTRIA POSTPONES PURCHASE OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFTS
VIENNA, Austrian Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser yesterday said the government won't buy new jet fighters during the current legislative period, which ends in 2003, owing to budget deficit. "We have agreed that there will be no fighter jets during the current legislative period", he said, adding that "if they do come, it will be around 2005". Therefore the aging fleet of Draken will not be replaced...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency