Moldova sells six MiG 29A Fulcrum

Written by Natascia

Sunday, 06 February 2011 18:28

Moldova back to try to get rid of 6 aircraft MiG-29A Fulcrum-announced to the press spokesman of the Ministry of Defence, after opening three auctions in 2010 that roused the interest of one potential customer. Base bid, $ 8.5 million.

The new sale was opened on 1 February, and will cover aircraft built in 1988 and completely updated at the end of 1990 in Belarus, which is currently grounded in the need of repair at a cost of around 30 million dollars, figure that the Ministry of Defence does not want to spend preferring to put up for auction. The six aircraft in question are part of a batch of 32 units inherited from the army Moldova after the collapse of the then Soviet Union, most of which was purchased by the Pentagon to ensure that the planes did not fall into hostile hands.
The Fucrum (NATO code) is an air superiority fighter for the Russian Soviet originally produced by the Mikoyan-Gurevich. Twin-engine high-performance, limited only by the lack of autonomy. The project was started in the early seventies and entered service in 1983 the Soviet air force.

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