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I am sorry to hear it, sounds like mismanagement at a criminal level of negligence. It also looks like the defense minister job changes every 12 months. How can the country be secure be if the defense minister position is just another tool of political cronyism?

there seems to be a lot of conflicting info out there. Some of the news sounds really bad , like this article claiming only 6 combat aircraft were even operational and those are now not working? Is this true? inserbia serbia-soon-without-air-force

hmmm? well you must know something Gasic does not. ; ) According to his last statement they haven't given up on this but currently can't afford it. Of course I hope he's just saying this to deliberately spread disinformation in the interest of protecting state secrets, but if new Mig 35's are...

some good news, heavy vehicle factory FAP in Priboj to hire 600 new workers and start producing trucks for the Fin's. While new Mig 35's are glamorous (recently announced that deal is officially dead for a few years), it's this type of Industrial development that is much better for Serbia. If...

OK, looks like my idea is only 28 years old. Original program with Grumman aerospace to do all the things mentioned above to Mig-21 airframe between China, Pakistan and US called "Super 7" was dropped due to political conflicts. Program re-started in mid 90's between Pakistan and China ...

Mig 21-93 Mig-29 canopy, new Air brakes, new Phasatron phased array Radar , multiple target tracking ability but with old R25-300 Engine. If the Israelis could take a Mirage and produce an incredibly successful aircraft called the Kfir Then I KNOW Serbia has the Engineers and Machinists to...

I was just looking at some rough numbers. Mig 21 bis the Serbian air force is currently operating 19K pounds gross weight and Tumansky R25-300 engine 9K pounds thrust no afterburner, power to weight ratio of .47:1 Now, add single RD33MK engine / 12K pound thrust (without after-burner). Your...

maybe we don't need MIG 29's? The Mig 21 was the most widely produced fighter aircraft in History and the Croat's are paying Ukraine to refurbish 12 of them, so obviously this air-frame has a demand for it in certain industrialized country's. Why can't Serbia start producing a modern...

ok thanks, looks like they're still training with the old SA-2 and SA-6 systems, hopefully they've been upgraded to fire and forget targeting. Aat least they have a local partner, at one time Serbia seemed totally isolated. Hoping to see some of the new Mig29M and SA300 systems in Serbia this...

Does anyone have more info on this? Is this part of the initiative to make the Moma Stanjilovic (sp?) aircraft plant a regional MIG service center? Is this new equipment? I imagine it must be, can't see the Bulgarians coming to Serbia to train on an old flight simulator from the 1980's...

Ahhh, I see you added "since the breakup of Yugo. A heck of lot more than 5 have crashed in accidents though J-22_ORAO I know this aircraft is a point of pride for Serbia, and it was a fine airplane, but it's 40 years old. Unlike wine, airplanes do not age well ; )It's impressive that the...

pretty good article today on Serbian defense industry. I had no idea the UAE has invested a Billion dollars, and today the Russians officially broke ground on South Stream. I think the best days are still ahead. I just hope the UAE is not supporting the jihad in Syria backed by the US and Saudi...

wasn't a pilot killed testing the Grom missile when his Orao crashed? It seems like a J22 goes down every 6 months. I wish they would build or buy new strike aircraft before investing in very expensive fighters. The vehicles look great though, the fact that Kuwait still has their M84's and...