https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/mad ... 73715.htmlUntil the Croatian pilots master the Rafale, Hungarian and Italian fighter planes will take over the protection of Croatian skies. The MIGs go into a well-deserved retirement because of this.
Croatia could soon see Hungarian and Italian fighter planes in the sky. Because until the Croatian pilots master the Rafales - on which they are now flying - our airspace will be monitored and protected by our first neighbors.
Dnevnik Nova TV is the first to learn that the agreement has been officially signed. With the arrival of foreigners, the MIGs will be retired.
"We are nearing the end of negotiations and agreements, a lot of regulations need to be changed at the level of neighboring countries, Croatia and NATO. Everything is going in parallel and I would say that we are close to the beginning of the implementation of the agreement. Everything should be agreed by the end of the year," he said. brigadier and deputy commander of HRZ Željko Ninić.
The agreement was signed last month on behalf of the Ministry of Defense by air force commanders, but away from television cameras. They did not inform the public about this, even though exactly this type of airspace surveillance has been under negotiation for years.
"All that we are doing today with our fighters and our operational center will continue. Only Croatian fighter jets will not take off in response to an alert issued by NATO, but neighboring member countries will do so with their planes," he explained. is Ninic.
Hungarian Gripens will take over the northern and continental part of the country, while Italian Eurofighters will be on duty in the Adriatic. The MIGs that the state is now counting on - they are counting their last weeks. Just like the pilots flying on them.
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