U.S. Advises Venezuela Against Purchase of Russian Fighter Jets

Source URL: http://www.mosnews.com/money/2004/12/01/venezuelamigs.shtml
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/347

On Tuesday, November 30, a senior U.S. official expressed a dim view of Venezuela possibly buying Russian MiG-29 fighter jets to replace its U.S.-made F-16 jets.

“We shoot down MiGs,” threatened the Bush administration official quoted by Reuters. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.

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