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Botswana will purchase 16 F-16 fighter
Botswana's Ministry of Defense intends to buy 16 used F-16 Block 40 Fighting Falcon, reports The Zimbabwean. Who exactly will buy planes and what would be the sum of the deal is still unknown. Fighters will be assigned to the airbase You Fatshva. F-16 fighter jets will join the fleet of ten F-5 Freedom Fighter Air Botswana.
As the newspaper notes, the intention of buying the F-16 was publicized war against the background of strengthening the Air Force's neighboring countries of Botswana. In particular, Zambia with the help of the Israeli company Israel Aerospace Industries has upgraded eight MiG-21 to the version of the MiG-21-2000, and Namibia has acquired from China's 12 F-7NM (upgraded copy of the MiG-21). In addition, Zimbabwe in 2004, placed an order for the Chinese FC-1 fighters.
Air Botswana operate on a relatively small fleet. In addition to the ten fighters F-7NM, Air operate flights to ten transporter Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, three C-130B Hercules, two Casa C-212 Aviocar, two Casa CN-235 and a Beechcraft King Air 200. In addition, the Air Force of Botswana including ten multi-purpose helicopters, Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil and six Bell 412.
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/02/18/f161/
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