Ministry of Defence

Russia's ever-increasing number of intercepts of foreign reconnaissance planes near its borders indicates NATO's drive to detect weak points in the country's air defense, Russian military expert Boris Rozhin told Sputnik.

MOSCOW - The Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) want to take part in demining operations in Syria, including the city of Palmyra, but currently lack the capacities for this, Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic said in Moscow Tuesday.

A total of 32 troops and equipment of Bulgaria's land forces are taking part in the multinational SUMMER SHIELD XIV - 2017 training held in Latvia until April 29, BNR reported.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic on Monday met with US Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, to discuss bilateral military cooperation.

The Israeli look on the “INIOHOS 2017″ international exercise conducted in Greece:

Serbian Officials said the Yugoslav-made single-engine Super Galeb G-4 crashed on April 7 near the village of Slatina, about 50 kilometers from Belgrade during a routine training flight.

The ministry said the cause of the crash was not immediately known and that an investigation had been launched.

The Super Galeb G-4 is used for training, as well as military missions.

Security concerns have been raised about plans to carry out major servicing work on the UK’s new F-35 fighter jets in Turkey.

SNP MP George Kerevan is to call for an inquiry into the policy in the light of last year’s attempted coup in Turkey and tensions with its Nato partners.

Major repairs to RAF combat jets have previously been carried out in the UK.

NGOs and think tanks are urging Serbia's Defence Ministry to withdraw new regulations it proposes on research in the country, claiming it would jeopardise most forms of research.

Apart from relying on the delivery of Russian jets, Serbia has a few of its own aircraft that need to be modernized.

The light attack and training aircraft Galeb and the twin-engine, subsonic ground-attack and reconnaissance aircraft Soko J-22 Orao, known for being the first in the history of Yugoslav aviation to overcome the sound barrier, are set for some upgrades soon.

KRAGUJEVAC - The bodies of the three workers who had been reported missing since Tuesday's explosion at the military Technical Overhauling Institution in Kragujevac, central Serbia, were found on Thursday following an intensive search.