Poland as a service center for military equipment? Another country came for help
Polish aid agency in the rescue of the MiG-29 fighter fleet, informed by the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense. It is about repairing and repairing a set of machines. We remind you what machines are and what possibilities they have.
MiG-29 fighters Access to tools for tools to encourage the creation of new tools to encourage the acquisition of new Lockheed Martin F-16C / D Fight Falcon fighters. Deliveries for now will behave as provided by General Dynamics, which is why Sofia cares about them and keeps them running as long as possible.
Poland will help repair Bulgarian fighters
Announcements published by the Ministry of Defense announcements that Poland will carry out these tasks. At the beginning of August, representatives of the Bulgarian Ministry of National Defense had the right to purchase or sell 6 MiG-29s. In the first uprising there was a meeting that took place on their repairs. In addition, Poland may soon be available the offer and draft contract for the purchase of two of the RD-33 for machines of the type.
The Zbiam service points out that “with a high degree of probability, the executor of this type of work of the branches of Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 2 SA, which will be carried out in this type of tasks”. However, there is no uniform official information about the final contractor for repairs of Bulgarian services in the case of RD-33. In addition, both sides will wait and undergo an intergovernmental check.
The Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria, which has prepared a solution if it was to end in 2022. Not currently, however, one long-term operation of MiG-29 fighters. Their introduction is a great opportunity to operate the machines by the end of 2023. This is important, because the first ones F-16 fighters they will not start until 2025. It is possible that Bulgaria will sign a set of purchases for the purchase of 8 thoughts from Lockheed Martin.
The MiG-29 fighters, which we have described many times, are still shared by many countries. Despite their current age (information was found in the 1970s in the Soviet Union), they still perform well in missions, and their potential should not be underestimated. This is proved by, inter alia, them during the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine MiG-29 fighters, e.g. for destroying Shahed-136 drones. However, it is worth acting, but trying to act, but also to ground yourself.
These machines can become 2.3 Ma, and they are armed with, among others, Name of the aviation cannon GSz-30-1 cal. 30 mm for 150 rounds of ammunition. Additionally, in the version marked as the version with 6 to even 9 members of the outboard armament, the fighter can carry, for example, medium-range R-27 air-to-air missiles, R-73 range missiles or aerial bombs up to 3,000 kg.
How Łukasz Michalik has already informedequipment repair in our country. Also a special call center, where Ukrainians can seek help with broken American weapons. It is located in one of the military, where 40 soldiers handle 14 dedicated correspondence.
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Karolina Modzelewska, journalist of Wirtualna Polska