WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to deliver four more F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in the coming weeks, U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Wednesday, even after the military-backed overthrow of the country's elected president.
"There is no current change in the plan to deliver F-16s to the Egyptian military," one U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
A second official said the deliveries were likely in August.
Another eight F-16s were slated to be delivered in December.
Washington has so far dodged the thorny issue of labeling the Egyptian army's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi a coup, which would require the Obama administration by law to halt aid to the Egyptian army.
The United States has already disbursed $650 million in military aid to Egypt for fiscal year 2013 which ends in September, and another $585 million is pending, the second U.S. official said.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by David Brunnstrom and Vicki Allen)
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