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Turkey Signs $1.1 Billion Deal with US on Warplanes

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Turkey's Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, right, and U. S. ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman shake hands after their meeting in Gonul's office in Ankara
Turkey says it has signed a deal with the United States for modernizing the Turkish military's F-16 fighter jets.

Turkey's Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul announced the $1.1 billion deal, under which U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin corporation will modernize Turkey's 117 planes.

Speaking to reporters in Ankara Tuesday, Mr. Gonul praised the deal as a sign of cooperation between the two countries.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.

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