Twelve Croatian Air Force MiG-21s stuck in Ukraine following Russian invasion

Published on: March 4, 2014 at 6:17 PM

The Russian invasion of Crimea has found some Croatian MiGs in Odessa.

According to Croatian media outlets, 12 Croatian Air Force MiG-21 that were sent in Ukraine to undertake maintenance activity are currently stuck in Odessa: indeed, the Russian invasion of Crimea has forced a stand down on all non-civil aircraft, including the Migs being overhauled at Ukraine’s SE Odessa Aircraft Plant.

Croatian Government has often sent its aircraft to Ukraine for repairs: overhaul facilities in Sevastopol and at Motor Sich in Zaporozhye were selected in 2012 to support the overhaul of six Mil Mi-8/17 helicopters.

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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