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Italy, Sweden, US bid to sell combat jets to Bulgaria
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Sofia (AFP) Oct 1, 2018

Boeing to provide F-15 aircrew, maintenance training to Qatar
Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2018 - Boeing in St. Louis, Moi, has been awarded a $30 million contract for Qatar Emiri Air Force F-15QA aircrew and maintenance courses.

The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, will provide F-15QA aircrew and maintenance courses, syllabi, a student tracking system and management to support the QEAF.

The F-15 Eagle is a single-seat all-weather air superiority tactical fighter jet used by the U.S. Air Force and many allied nations.

Qatar has been approved by the U.S. State Department for at least two purchases of the aircraft in the last three years, including a $21.1 billion contract for 72 F015QAs in November 2016 and a contract for 36 more of the aircraft in December 2017 for more than $6.1 billion.

The F-15 is highly maneuverable and is capable of reaching speeds up over twice the speed of sound. It's first flight was in 1972 and the first active aircraft were delivered to the U.S. Air Force in 1979.

The aircraft has been upgraded many times and has been developed into several variants, including the two-seat F-15E Strike Eagle designed for both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.

The version delivered to Qatar will feature low profile heads-up displays and different cockpit systems then other F-15 models. It is a variant of the F-15E Strike Eagle.

Work on the new contract will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed by December 2020. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $24.9 million are being obligated at the time of award.

Italy, Sweden and the United States submitted bids Monday to sell fighter jets to Bulgaria's ailing air force, the defence ministry announced.

A NATO member since 2004, the Balkan country is obliged to keep at least one squadron of jets ready for action, but the number of its ageing Soviet-built MiG-29s has progressively dwindled to just seven, prompting repeated alerts about drastic shortages in pilots' flying hours.

The defence ministry had already sought offers for new or used fighters in late 2016 and shortlisted Sweden's Gripen as its preferred option, but the procedure was sidelined by the new conservative cabinet, which renewed earlier this year a request for proposals from other suppliers.

In response, the US made two bids -- for new Boeing F-18s and F-16s by Lockheed Martin, while Sweden offered new Gripen fighters and Italy proposed second-hand Eurofighter jets, deputy defence minister Atanas Zapryanov said as the proposals were unveiled.

He did not provide details about the bids however, saying only that a defence ministry committee and another group of experts would review them before the government chose who to begin final talks with.

Although there was no deadline, Zapryanov said "our desire is to do it quickly. We have a budget that we want to spend."

Bulgarian lawmakers agreed in June to spend 1.8 billion leva (920 million euros, 1.0 million dollars) for at least eight new or used fighter jets, with experts commenting that amount would not be enough to buy F-18s.


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