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Prague gives green light for sale of 15 L-159 light multi-role combat aircraft to Iraq.
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| Prague gives green light for sale of 15 L-159 light multi-role combat aircraft to Iraq | |||
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Czech Republic has approved the sale of 15 light multi-role combat aircraft
to Iraq, the country's defense minister said on Monday, March 9. Czech
Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky said his ministry was set to receive
750 million crowns (nearly $30 million) for the L-159 planes. |
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 Czech Air Force's L-159 Advanced Light Combat Aircraft |
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Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky said the military will sell the
subsonic L-159 planes for 750 million koruna ($30 million) back to the
maker, Aero Vodochody, which will then broker a deal with Iraq because
the military is banned by law from selling directly. Stropnicky said Monday
Aero is expected to repair the planes and deliver them in two or three
years. The light combat and training planes were made between 1999 and
2003.
The country has been trying to sell the planes to Iraq for years, Reuters reported. Previous attempts have fallen through when Baghdad agreed to buy the equipment elsewhere. The deal is subject to approval by the countries whose
companies supplied parts used in the L-159. |
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