Serbian Air Force

Serbian Air Force pilots and those from the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces on Wednesday started their third joint flight and tactical exercise.

The drill, dubbed BARS 2017, is taking place at the Lipetsk-2 airport, some 500 kilometers southeast of Moscow, the Serbian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

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.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday that the MiG-29 warplanes from Russia will arrive to Serbia by the end of the year.

Vulin spoke at a session of the National Assembly's Committee on Defense and Interior Affairs, referencing the used planes that Russia has donated to the Serbian Air Force.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday that the MiG-29 warplanes from Russia will arrive to Serbia by the end of the year.

Vulin spoke at a session of the National Assembly's Committee on Defense and Interior Affairs, referencing the used planes that Russia has donated to the Serbian Air Force.

Russia plans to finalize the delivery of MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia by the end of 2017.

Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Director Dmitry Shugaev said this on Thursday.

"The deliveries have not yet started. Work is being done to that end in line with the plan, agreed on with our partners," he told Sputnik during the Army 2017 Forum.

Six Mikoyan MiG-29 multipurpose fighter jets, which Russia has presented to Serbia as a gift, will arrive in the Balkan country 'within several days or several weeks,' Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said after a meeting with the Russian president.

The fighter jets will enter service in the Serbian Air Force until the end of 2017 after repairs, the Serbian premier said.

BELGRADE - Russian specialists would help Belgrade modernize six aircraft to be received from Russia, as well as four fighter jets from the Serbian Air Force fleet, according to local media.

The Serbian Defense Ministry will receive six Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia before the end of April, Serbian media reported Sunday.

BELGRADE - The overhaul and upgrade of the six MiG-29 fighter jets donated to Serbia by Russia will cost 185 mln euros, and they could start flying at the end of 2017, Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic said Friday.

If the overhaul is carried out at the Moma Stanojlovic Aviation Institute, this could happen sooner, Djordjevic told a press conference.

BELGRADE - The Order of the White Eagle (Class 2), which Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic granted to the air force and air defense, was given to Ranko Zivak, the commander of this service branch of the Serbian Armed Forces, on Monday evening.

BELGRADE - The MiGs 29 of the Serbian Air Force can fly again thanks to the batteries donated by the Russian Federation.

Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Chief of the General Staff Ljubisa Dikovic watched the first flight of one of the MiGs on radar on Tuesday.