Malaysia to keep some Mig-29s until at least 2015...

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DATE:25/02/10

SOURCE:Flight International

Malaysia to keep some MiG-29s, delay choice on replacement fighters
By Leithen Francis

Malaysia's defence minister has revealed that the country will delay phasing out its RSK MiG-29s and that, as a consequence of this policy change, it will delay buying new fighters.

Ahmad Hamidi stated publicly several times in 2009 that Malaysia planned to phase out its MiG-29s at the end of 2010. However, the air force will now "keep around 10 MiG-29s for at least the next five years", the minister's spokesman confirms.

Six MiG-29s have already been decommissioned, but Aerospace Technology System will be contracted to maintain the other 10.