POZNAN, Poland — A Polish air force MiG-29 taxis in with parachute in tow after finishing a mission here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)
On April 13, Germany approved a request by Poland to transfer five Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine to bolster its air power.
Boris Pistorius, Germany’s Defense Minister, said the request was approved on the same day it was received, adding the quick approval shows that Berlin could be relied upon.
Germany inherited 24 MiG-29 jets from the eastern German Democratic Republic during reunification in 1990. Later in 2004, Berlin passed on 22 of the aircraft to Poland.
Poland delivered eight MiG-29s to Ukraine in the last few weeks. Those fighter jets were however bought from the Czech Republic in 1995. Warsaw needed Berlin approval to supply its remaining East German MiG-29s.
The Polish Air Force had a total of 23 MiG-29A fighter jets, and another six UB trainers before the supplies to Ukraine began. None of the jets saw any significant upgrade.
Both Germany and Poland have been supplying weapons to Kiev since the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine more than a year ago.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a visit to Warsaw last week that Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to the Ukrainian Air Force. From his side, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that his country is “ready” to deliver six more MiG-29 fighter jets.
Supplying Kiev with fighter jets will allow it to keep its air force operational. However, the Russian Aerospace Forces will likely maintain the upper hand over the special military operation zone thanks to its superior capabilities and vast resources.
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Guess those 22 Mig-29 will be downed so fast, I can bet they will not last a week in Ukraine. They will be destroyed like flyes and please put the German and UKraine Flag with their n@zy symbols so the God Father of all Slavics definitely will wake up from their sleep and the slavic blood would burn to even melt the siberian ice. Global Warming on steroids.
Indeed they will be taken out as fast as the rest if the Ukrainian air fleet together with Kiev and Livov
5 fighter jets? 5 missiles in response, job done!
Or possibly, 3 missles from Russia equals 3 jets down, with the Ukrops pitching in by using their dwindling stock of S300 missiles and accicdentally shooting 2 down themselves as they did not realize that their airforce had doubled in size with the addtional 5 from Poland.
Of course they did. Germany doing the masters bidding
“Polish Air-Farce, sponsored by Ralston-Purina” (the tail flash always cracked me up as a kid, since it looks exactly like Ralston-Purina corporate logo).
Germany is increasingly becoming a major belligerent in this war. It’s becoming clear that Germany has become a main pusher of this war. It’s actions speak very loud.
And what are you going to do about this?