American F-104 Starfighter jets, granted by the United States to Jordan after Israel’s reprisal attack on the Jordanian village of Es-Samua, last November, began arriving in Jordan today, according to reports received here from Amman. The Jordanian Air Force is currently training men to use the planes in five squadrons, to provide air cover against Israel the Jordanian report stated.
The Egyptian Government notified the United States only yesterday that it had canceled permission it had granted the U.S.A. previously for overflights during the delivery of jets and weapons to Jordan.
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