Switzerland has been struggling to modernize its own air force and now it looks like the U.S. plans to buy 22 aging fighter jets from the country.

According to a U.S. Navy spokesperson, the contract is expected to be signed once U.S. lawmakers approve the fiscal 2020 defense budget.

Part of the 2020 defense funding will include $39.7 million for the F-5s, an aircraft first delivered to Switzerland in 1978, a plane that the U.S. now uses to simulate enemy aircraft in combat training.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-15/switzerland-plans-to-send-its-old-fighter-jets-back-to-the-u-s