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State Department Approves Four European Weapons Sales

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

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Seal of DSCA. (Image: U.S. Department of Defense)

The State Department on March 16 approved four Foreign Military Sales (FMSs) to the Netherlands, North Macedonia and Norway worth $561 million total. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of these sales on Tuesday. Two of the sales consist of $125 million in CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot training and logistics and $190 million in AH-64 Apache pilot training and logistics support to the Netherlands to support the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The sales also include fuel, base operating…

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