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To: AM2000
Do the Czechs produce a fighter, I thought they still use the standard Migs.
11 posted on 03/27/2002 7:55:17 PM PST by Husker24
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To: Husker24
I don't know that they produce a fighter, but here's an excerpt from an article on rediff.com, dated Jan 31 2002.

The Indian Air Force has reopened competition for jet trainer aircraft and is considering bids from the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Russia and the United Kingdom, the report says.

I guess that's what I was thinking of when I mentioned the Czechs.

13 posted on 03/27/2002 8:05:03 PM PST by AM2000
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To: Husker24
Do the Czechs produce a fighter, I thought they still use the standard Migs.

They produce a 'fighter version' of the L-39 trainer, know as the L159. They are supposed to buy about 70 of them and on the international market are aimed at the Bae Hawk. As far as I can remember, Boeing owns

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VRN

16 posted on 03/28/2002 5:40:36 AM PST by Voronin
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