Bahrain: Saudi support works for F-16 deal only?note

There is talk that the Saudi financial support promised to Bahrain to buy new fighter jets in favor of the Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) depends until now on Bahrain buying fighter jets of type F-16 rather than fighter jets of type Eurofighter Typhoon. The following 454-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the Saudi financial support in this regard. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/25 – June 17, 2016]