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PARIS — France has ordered 42 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault Aviation in a deal worth more than €5 billion (U.S. $5.5 billion), the Armed Forces Ministry announced Friday.

The French Navy got 48 of the aircraft as Rafale M naval single-seaters. France has previously deployed its Rafales in Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali and Central African Republic.