NEW DELHI (PTI): The U.S. proposes to Supply 38 more F-16 aircraft under a one-time waiver of the Presser amendment according to information available with the Indian government the upper house of Parliament was told last week.
Giving this information minister of state for defence Mallikarjun said Pakistan possessed 34 F-16 aircraft at present.
To another question on the steps that the government had taken to meet the challenge posed by induction of F-16 aircraft into Pakistan air force the minister said adequate measures were being taken to counter the accretion in Pakistan’s force level.
But it would not be in the interest of national security to give details in this regard he said.
The minister replied in the negative to another question whether the government proposed to raise an exclusive air defence corps in the army to provide ground cover to IAF fighter planes.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 6, 1994
