US approves $2.6 billion sale of Chinook helicopters to Egypt

 The Pentagon said today, Thursday, that the US State Department has approved the sale of F-47 Chinook helicopters and related equipment to Egypt in a deal worth $2.6 billion.

The ministry added that Egypt had requested the purchase of 23 Chinook-47-F helicopters, noting that the main contractor would be Boeing.

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