Oh!! Horror of horrors, we can't have them flying
those.....
One wonders if those selected to fly the new aircraft will be selected from the remaining members of the extant Lebanese Air Force, or Hezbullah......
Russia to give Lebanon 10 MiG fighters
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - MOSCOW, Dec 17, 2008
Russia is to deliver to Lebanon 10 MiG fighter jets for free, the head of the Russian defense cooperation body said Wednesday.
"Russia's defense ministry has decided to deliver to Lebanon, as part of defense cooperation, 10 MiG-29 fighter jets from our existing contingent," the Interfax news agency quoted Mikhail Dmitriyev as saying.
Delivery would be paid for by the Russian defense ministry, he confirmed.
"Military-technical assistance, this means assistance in budgetary funds," he said.