Monday, June 12, 2006

Defense: Malaysia to ask India to train pilots for Russian jets

According to local media, Malaysia will ask India to train its air force pilots to fly the Sukhoi fighter planes it is buying from Russia. In addition, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, said Malaysia also wants to obtain technical support, maintenance and spare parts from India for the jets

Malaysia has ordered 18 Sukhoi-30MK jets. The first six are scheduled to be delivered next March.