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Venezuela: too F-16s left on the ground, the Mig-29s have ben ordered

Caracas, Venezuela - 50 Russian-made airplanes for multirole activities are quite worrying the neighbour countries and the USA

Venezuela would be forced to constantly leave on the ground at least half its own F-16 fighters' fleet (about 10 airplanes) due to maintenance reasons, and the defence exigencies would have led Caracas' Government to opt for an alternative solution. It has just been unveiled recently that Venezuela would have purchased some 40 Mig-29 Fulcrum multirole fighters in the single-seat version and 10 twin-seated...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 103589
Rome, Italy, 09/20/2004 12:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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