F-16Vs for Bulgaria and Slovakia

摘要

The Bulgarian government approved the purchase of eight F-16V fighter aircraft, two two- and six single-seaters to replace the nation's Voennovazdushni sili (VS/ Air Force) fleet of veteran MiG-29s on July 26. The parliament had already approved the purchase in an earlier vote but Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, a former commander of the VS, had vetoed the deal on July 22 saying: "Because of the shortened legislative procedure, a number of important issues such as prices, warranties, delivery times, penalties, indemnities, and so on, have remained unclear."