Slovenia to get firefighting aircraft before peak season

Slovenia signed a contract with the company Air Tractor Europe S.L. on 17 April for the purchase of four firefighting aircraft. The first two water bombers, two-seater aircraft, are due to arrive in Slovenia in June, just in time before peak fire season, and the other two, single-seaters, next year.

The purchase is estimated at just over €23 million, including VAT. The contract was signed by Defence Minister Marjan Šarec, acting head of the Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Administration Leon Behin, and Rafael Selma Beltran, director of Air Tractor Europe S.L., an exclusive...

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