U.S. F-16 Shipment To Egypt Delayed

Egypt will have to wait for new fighter jets from the U.S.

FOX News Radio’s Rich Johnson explains from Washington:

Four F-16 fighter jets were supposed to be delivered to Egypt in the coming days. But Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel broke the news to Egypt’s Defense Minister: the delivery is off until further notice.

Pentagon spokesman George Little says, considering the recent events in Egypt, it’s not appropriate to close the deal at this time.�Little would not say that the delay constitutes the U.S. deciding that a coup has occurred in Egypt.

Officially calling the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi a coup would make it illegal for the U.S. to give Egypt any military hardware.

In Washington, Rich Johnson, FOX News Radio.