There's less than three weeks to go until the deadline closes for the sale of the Defence Force fighter jets, but the buyer lined up may have disappeared into thin air.
The Skyhawk fighters and Aermacchi trainers have been grounded since the Labour government got rid of the air combat wing in 2001.
Tactical Air Services in Arizona last year got approval for the $155 million sale.
But that one-year permission runs out on September 22 and all the Government will say it that the company has until then to complete the deal.
Repeated attempts to contact TAS in Arizona have failed.
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