MiGS WILL NOT FLY TO NORWAY

One week after the air display days in Kecskemét the commander of the Hungarian air force cancelled the participation of Hungarian MiG-29 fighters in the NATO manoeuvres in Norway due in September referring to the lack of spare parts, Magyar Nemzet has been informed.

Maj-Gen. János Sági had to bring this decision not to take part in the most significant military exercise for the service because it turned out that the Hungarian fighter unit officially consisting of 13 fighters was so poorly equipped that the mission of three MiGs with the necessary personnel for a military exercise of two weeks could endanger the alert preparedness of the air force demanding three fighters in working order, too. Informed sources claim that the Ministry of Defence had urged display flights to the detriment of training necessary to basic tasks while they had not bought new MiG power plants to replace the ones broken down.

Translated by Péter Szentmihályi Szabó