F-16 Concerns

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has sent a letter to President Obama expressing concern and disappointment over the State Department's decision to proceed with the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Egypt despite instability in the region and a change of leadership. Inhofe urged Obama to delay any remaining F-16s to Egypt until Congress has had time to further review the matter.

"The recent transfer of four F-16 Block 52 fighter jets to Egyptian Armed Forces is troubling, and future deliveries of the remaining sixteen jets scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013 should be delayed until Congress has had time to review further this Foreign Military Sale," Inhofe writes in the letter. “The fact that conditions have changed significantly and substantively since this sale was initially approved merits closer scrutiny of this proposed action as other partners and allies look to see if our aid and assistance continues to be based on principle."

View the letter.