Obama administration has cleared sale of F-15s, F-16s, F/A-18s to Gulf States

Multiple media sources in the United States are reporting that the U.S. government has approved the sale of 36 F-15s to Qatar, 28 F/A-18s to Kuwait and 17 F-16s to Bahrain.

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Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker also confirmed the sale to Defense News.

A formal notification by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency will start once the 40-day informal notification expires.