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Belarus Wants to Buy Su-30SM Fighters From Russia

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Belarus Wants to Buy Su-30SM Fighters From Russia

Belarus is considering a possibility to buy Su-30SM fighters in Russia.

It was said to journalists by Major-General Aleh Dvihaleu (Oleg Dvigalev), Chief of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense, BelaPAN informs.

As said by him, these planes should replace MiG-29, which are getting outdated. The purchases of new Russian fighters are planned after 2020.

Today Dvihaleu has taken part in the meeting of the leadership of the Belarusian Voluntary Association for Assistance to Army, Air Force and Navy with representatives of the management of Irkut corporation (Russia), which manufactures Su-30SM.

During the meeting the commander told that at MAX-2015 show in Zhukovski, Moscow region, a Belarusian military pilot, the commander of the headquarters of the 61st fighter air base in Baranavichy tested the new aircraft, he spent 40 minutes in the air. “He gave very good references about this plane,” Dvihaleu noted.

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