Aviation News
Saudi Arabia has initiated a review of its budget and analysts believe the outcome could diminish Britain’s chance to sell 48 Eurofighters to the kingdom. By Gordon Zammit [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons [thumb]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-saudi-jets25-20150825-story.html[/thumb]
A ceremony was held on Monday in Malta whereby two Libyan Mirage F1 fighters were symbolically handed back to Libya. [thumb]http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120123/local/malta-praised-for-its-heroism-as-libyan-jets-are-returned.403595[/thumb]
French Ambassador to Malta, Daniel Rondeau, told reporters that a French Air Force Mirage F1 that made an emergency landing in Malta on Saturday was ten minutes away from crashing.
It has emerged that Libya demanded that Malta return its two Mirage F1 fighters in exchange for a detained Dutch Navy Lynx crew.
A group of British and French engineers have disarmed the two Libyan Mirage F1 fighters that defected to Malta.