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US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia&;#039;s ally costing on average less than $20‚000 each‚ report says
The US has acquired 81 obsolete Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan‚ a report from the Kyiv Post says.
Kazakhstan‚ which is upgrading its air fleet‚ auctioned off 117 Soviet-era fighter and bomber aircraft‚ including MiG-31 interceptors‚ MiG-27 fighter bombers‚ MiG-29 fighters‚ and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s.
The Kyiv Post reported that the declared sale value was one billion Kazakhstani tenge‚ or $2.26 million‚ equalling an average value for each plane of $19...