U.S. Jets May Stay in Jordan on Syrian Implosion Threat
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F-16 combat aircraft and Patriot missile batteries deployed to Jordan on exercise may remain in the country, according to the U.S., as Secretary of State John Kerry said Syria faced “complete and total implosion.”
The aircraft and missiles were being sent to Jordan for annual war games with the country’s armed forces, State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said in Washington yesterday. Jordan has not decided whether the U.S. military equipment should remain in the kingdom after this month’s drill, Media Affairs Minister Mohammad Momani said in a telephone interview today.