BULGARIA TO BUY F 16 FROM USA

Politics | September 14, 2001, Friday // 00:00

Bulgaria will buy F-16 fighters to get its air forces ready for NATO, defence minister Nikolai Svinarov said for Reuters. In the first place, however, we shall have to repair and sell the Russian MIG-29s. The Defense Ministry will also negotiate on the purchase of F-18 fighters. More helicopters are to be purchased, too. However, the deals will become possible only if sufficient resources are raised, Minister Svinarov said. We have planes but they can`t fly, he admits for the world news agency.
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