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recently, the us defense blog said that egypt has signed an agreement with china to purchase j-10ce fighter jets to replace its aging f-16 fleet. it is worth noting that when egypt decided to purchase the j-10ce from china, it was also negotiating with the united states on an agreement to upgrade its 168 f-16s. so why did egypt finally choose to give up upgrading its large number of us-made f-16 fleets and instead purchase the j-10ce from china?

at present, the fighter jets of the egyptian air force are mainly equipped by the united states, france, and russia. among them, there are 168 american-made f-16s. although this number ranks among the top in the world, the f-16 models of the egyptian air force are generally very old. only 20 block 52 batches of f-16s are relatively advanced, but most of them lack modern beyond-visual-range air-to-air and air-to-ground strike capabilities. in addition, under the policy of the united states strongly supporting israel to suppress neighboring countries, egypt's f-16 upgrade request has been delayed by the united states for various reasons.