ILA 2008: Slovakian MiG upgrade debuts at Berlin

Posted by admin on May 29, 2008

Europe remains a centre of activity for the MiG-29, with “almost 400 aircraft in service” according to Anatoly Belov, the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG’s designer general.

These aircraft serve with the air forces of Belarus, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and the Slovakian Republic. A number of these operators are upgrading their aircraft for continued operation, with Slovakia the latest to put an upgraded version into service.

Colonel Jozef Dobrotka of the Slovakian Air Force flew his upgraded MiG-29 into Schonefeld for the static display. He has been participating in a combat training exercise in Poland, and h

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