Transport completed of six MiG-29s Russia donated to Serbia

The last two of the total of six MiG-29 warplanes were transported to Serbia late on Wednesday, Tanjug was told by the Ministry of Defense.

The first pair of partially disassembled jets landed at the military airport Batajnica aboard an Antonov An-124 plane on Monday.

Reacting to the news, President Aleksandar Vucic said the Serbian Air Force will now have "a serious squadron - convincingly the strongest in our region."

"I am proud and convinced that our technicians will know what to do, and our soldiers to fly on these mighty machines."

According to the president, there is still "no machine" better than the MiG-29.

"Just so people know, there are some (advanced) technical capabilities of the so-called 5th generation (warplanes), but this is generation 4+, and we have solved the problem for the next 20 years," Vucic said.

He announced that "our...

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