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12 South African Cheetah fighters sold to US as training jets

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South African state-owned arms manufacturer Denel has announced that it will sell 12 SA-designed supersonic Cheetah fighter jets to US-based Draken International. According to its website, Florida-based Draken operates the largest fleet of privately owned tactical aircraft in the world. (www.fin24.com) More...

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joelwiley
joel wiley 2
It is easy to infer from the headline that the purchase was made to the US government rather than a private company. The company appears to provide the US government with opposing force aircraft against to train.
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peterjp5
peterjp5 1
The U.S Navy did the same thing in the 80's or 90's they bought a bunch of F-21 Kfir's For aggressor squadrons.
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