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Old 23rd Feb 2011, 23:27
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TEEEJ
 
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Willard Whyte,

That is a very old inventory and not really representative of the current fleet. The MiG-25s were taken out of service some time ago. The Mirage Vs were sold off to Pakistan. The Tu-22 Blinders went years ago. A small fleet of Mirage F.1s were recently overhauled by Dassault. The fleet is very much representative of what has been seen at the Libyan aviation and arms fairs over the past couple of years - LAVEX.

The MiG-25 noted in the following link were examples dragged out for the enthusiasts. The Libyans will have a fleet of Su-22 Fitter, Su-24 Fencer, MiG-23 Flogger, MiG-21, L-39 and Sokos for light ground attack, Mirage F1s along with Hind helos.

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