Romania suspends MIG-21 flights, to speed up F-16 purchase

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Romania suspends MIG-21 flights, to speed up F-16 purchase

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ro ... 022-04-15/

BUCHAREST, April 15 (Reuters) - NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their "considerably high accident rate", and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said.
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Re: Romania suspends MIG-21 flights, to speed up F-16 purchase

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https://adevarul.ro/news/eveniment/roma ... index.html

The Ministry of National Defense announced that Romania has resumed flight activities with MiG-21 LanceR aircraft for a period of approximately one year.
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