India is considering buying American F-16 fighter jets for its air force, a news report said Sunday. American fighter aircraft and weapons' manufacturers "are willing to work with us and they have submitted some proposals to us," the Press Trust of India news agency quoted Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee as saying in the eastern city of Calcutta. "Naturally, we will discuss them (the proposals), and if the military aircraft and other weapons needed for our national interest are available from the United States, we will certainly consider them," Mukherjee said. On Saturday, Mukherjee said "cooperation in economic and other areas between the United States and India has increased manifold, but so far there has been no defense agreement between the two countries."
