Bulgaria Sees F-16 Jet Deal With US at $1.2 Billion

Bulgaria Sees F-16 Jet Deal With US at $1.2 Billion
A US Air Force Thunderbirds F16 jet performs during an air show at the Graf Ignatievo air base, 140 kms east of Sofia, on June 25, 2011. Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images
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SOFIA—NATO member Bulgaria expects the United States to offer to sell it eight new F-16 fighter jets for its air force at a discounted price of $1.2 billion, the defense ministry said on June 4.

The U.S. State Department approved the possible sale of eight F-16 aircraft and related equipment at an estimated cost of $1.67 billion, a Pentagon agency said on June 3.