We are talking about MiG-29 fighters.
The Polish Air Force has announced its readiness to close the sky over Slovakia because Slovakia will give its fighters to Ukraine . These are the necessary MiG-29 aircraft for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The decision was announced by the Polish and Slovak defense ministers at a joint press conference on April 29, according to Voice of America./p>
“I have received confirmation that Poland is ready to take care of Slovakia's airspace after the MiGs are removed (from combat duty – ed.),” Said Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy.
Now to conclude procedures need to be decided by parliament – the issue is under consideration.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said that the Polish military has a successful experience of such security operations in the Baltic States.
“These tasks will be performed from the territory of Poland. We will expand the scale of the operation at the expense of units equipped with F-16 aircraft, “said Minister Blaszczak.
NATO experts believe that it is more convenient and faster for Ukrainian military pilots to switch to combat aircraft of the former Soviet Union than to master the equipment of Allied countries.
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that the President of Slovakia Zuzana Chaputova at a meeting with deputies of the Verkhovna Rada stated support for the further transfer of weapons by Slovakia to Ukraine .
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