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Russia will officially hand over MiG-29s to Serbia on Mar. 24

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Russia will deliver six MiG-29s to Batajnica airport in Serbia this month and an official handover ceremony will take place on Mar. 24, b92 reports.

MAKS Airshow 2015 (21212065816)
By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_0637) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is likely to attend the ceremony.

Two options are being considered for the delivery of the aircraft. Either have them flown directly from Russia or disassembled and ferry via Il-76s.

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