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Jordan gets more US Black Hawks to bolster defences

By AFP
January 29, 2018

ZARQA: The United States delivered another two Black Hawk helicopters to key Arab ally Jordan on Sunday to help protect the kingdom’s borders and counter the threat from jihadists. The helicopters were handed over at the King Abdullah II Air Base in northeast Jordan. They were the last batch of 12 Black Hawks delivered to Jordan since March 2017. An American embassy statement said the aircraft “will strengthen the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF), its Quick Reaction Force and Jordan’s security”.