After the expiry of a costly contract with Russia to maintain the Soviet-made MiG-29s, Bulgaria’s current centre-right government, in office since November 2014, has said it will shift the business to Poland, in a move that the Bulgarian government says will save considerable sums of money.
Furthermore, Poland alone produces most of the spare parts needed for modernisation, the Polish plant said....
[sofiaglobe.com]
15/10/15
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Russia to refuse to repair Bulgarian fighters if Bulgaria, Poland conclude contract...
ReplyDeleteRussia will not maintain the Bulgarian Air Force (BulAF) Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) fighters, if Bulgaria awards Poland a contract for maintaining them, MiG Corp. Director General Sergei Korotkov told journalists on Friday.
"If Bulgaria and Poland sign an agreement on the repair of the RD-33 engines powering the MiG jets, this will leave us no other choice than to discontinue the support of the MiG-29 planes operated by the Bulgarian Air Force," Korotkov said.
He explained that in such a case the legality of the further operation of the fighters as well as the safety of their pilots would be questionable. "We deplore that a decision like that has been taken proceeding from the considerations of political expedience alone and, most likely, has resulted from outside pressures," he added.........http://tass.ru/en/defense/829390
16/10/15