Thailand looks for way out of F/A-18 purchase

Thailand is looking for a way out of a $392.1 million deal to buy eight U.S. F/A-18C/D fighters because the currency crisis there has made the planes unafforable. The commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Thananit Niamthan, said last week that the country would like to...

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