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The Ministry of Defense of Mongolia intends to acquire from Russia four or five new MiG-29, ITAR-TASS referring to the magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology. According to the Minister of Defense of Mongolia Luvsanvandangiyya Bolda, the purchase of combat aircraft is planned for the end of 2011. "Procurement is part of our defense cooperation with Russia", – explained Bold made in favor of Russian fighters choice. Currently, the Air Force did not have fighters Mongolia MiG-29. At the armed hostilities are eight interceptor MiG-21PFM and two training frontline MiG-21US. In the period from 1977 to 1984 the country had received a total of 44 MiG-21 different versions, but now are able to perform flights only ten of them. In addition to the purchase of fighter jets, the Ministry of Defense of Mongolia also intends to purchase from Russia a ground simulator for training pilots. Despite the fact that training aircraft in the Air Force not to buy their Mongol military was not planning to – drill all pilots are trained to control a fighter and transport planes in Russia. In the short term the Mongolian Defense Ministry also plans to buy a military transport plane carrying capacity not exceeding 20 tonnes and a lounge for 100 people. The composition of transport aircraft in Mongolia today consists of ten Soviet AN-2, three AN-24 Antonov An-26 four, four Chinese Harbin Y-12, and 25 Mi-8 helicopters.
