February 8, 2006 at 10:34 am
I have read recntly that the serbian defecne minister visited Batajenica Airbase to see what are the aircraft condiotion and its been anounced that the MIG 29 Fleet is being upgraded to a brand new overhaul and very limited equipping of the planes with NATO/ICAO-compatible communication, navigation and identification equipment required for participation on NATO/Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercises.
And also a An-26 curl be upgraded to put a brand new over haul the upragdes are going to be performed in Russia and i think the an-26 overhaul will be done in Sebria. Also Speaking about the future of the Serbian and Montenegrin Air Force, Defence Minister Stankovic also revealed his intentions to ask the Serbian Ministry of Interior to hand over to the Air Force its two Mi-17 Hip-H helicopters and two Mi-24V Hind-E combat helicopters that have been extensively used until 2003 by the Serbian Ministry of Interior State Security Directorate. Those helicopters are now grounded and waiting for overhaul that Serbia-Montenegrin Ministry of Defence is interested to finance if the Serbian Ministry of Interior agrees to transfer these helicopters to Serbian-Montenegrin military.