The Chilean Air Force will take delivery of upgraded F-16 fighter bombers from the Netherlands at the Leeuwarden base.
The first three of 18 F-16 fighters will be handed over to the air force by the end of 2010, according to MercoPress.
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The Netherlands will also provide training to the 75 maintenance engineers that will be responsible for the aircraft once they arrive in Chile.
In April 2009, the $270m F-16 acquisition deal was declared by then Defence Minister Francisco Vidal.
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