Belarus plans to phase out MiG-29s and replace with Su-30SMs

Belarus plans to purchase the Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter after 2020 to replace the country’s MiG-29s, the head of Belorussian Air Force said on Oct. 20.

Aerial refuelling of a Sukhoi Su-30SM
By Konstantin Tyurpeko (http://russianplanes.net/id158633) [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Maj. Gen. Oleg Dvigalev added that his men have tested the aircraft at MAKS 2015 and were impressed by it.

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