Having recently bid farewell to its iconic fleet of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29AS/UBS Fulcrum fighters after more than 30 years of operational service, Slovakia is now discussing how best to use the 11 decommissioned aircraft with its allies and a move to transfer them to Ukraine is definitely on the table.
Veterans of the former Czechoslovak Air Force before the Warsaw Pact nation was split to form two new states – the Czech Republic and Slovakia – in 1993, the Fulcrum served as the backbone of the Slovak Air Force’s combat air forces until its 11 remaining aircraft were grounded for the final time on August 28.
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