13 minutes agoCzechia and Poland agree to protect Slovak airspace
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The Czech Republic and Poland have reached agreements to protect neighbouring Slovakia's airspace, as Bratislava will give up using MiG-29 fighter aircraft at the end of this month. This defence agreement signed on August 27th is expected to be in force until Slovakia states NATO member [...]
This defence agreement signed on August 27th is expected to be in force until Slovakia states member of NATO agreed to ship F-16s from the United States.
American aircraft shipments are expected to arrive in 2024.
Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Blazczak, Czech Jana Cernochova, and Slovakia's Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad signed the agreement on an air base in Slovakia.
The Polish warplanes will be launched from the centralised base on Polish territory. Czech planes will also offer air protection from the base located on the territory of the Czech Republic and will return to their permanent bases once the” mission is completed, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence said.
Minister Nad said last month that Slovakia could consider giving its fleet of MiG-29 Soviet production aircraft to Ukraine in a possible exchange of other aircraft as Kiev continues to fight Russian vacation.
Slovakia's MiG-29 fleet is believed to be worth $300 million.
Since Russia began the war, Ukraine has been a non-NATO member, has called on Western allies to donate fighter aircraft to confront the Russian Air Force. / REL
