VTI - Military Technical Institute Belgrade

BELGRADE - A Serbian Air Force Super Galeb G-4 training fighter jet crashed on Friday in the area of the Slatina village in the Ub municipality, central Serbia, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

The two-seater plane crashed at around 10.30 am during routine flight training.

Tanjug file photo, D. Goll

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.

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.

Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday traveled to a factory in the town of Velika Plana where he attended a presentation of a new armored vehicle.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Sunday that the origin of some of the weapons found near PM Aleksandar Vucic's family home had been determined.

NIKINCI - Serbia successfully test-fired missiles with their newly developed LRSVM Morava multiple rocket launcher on Friday, and the system should become operational with the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) by the end of the year.