Mikoyan MiG-29

The last two of the total of six MiG-29 warplanes were transported to Serbia late on Wednesday, Tanjug was told by the Ministry of Defense.

The first pair of partially disassembled jets landed at the military airport Batajnica aboard an Antonov An-124 plane on Monday.

Two disassembled MiG-29 fighters that Russia has donated to Serbia arrived to the country late on Monday aboard a Russian Antonov An-124 transport plane.

Another two were transported on Tuesday afternoon, while the plan is for all six warplanes to be transported to Serbia in this way by Friday, October 6.

Joint Russian-Serbian BARS (Brotherhood of Aviators of Russia and Serbia) tactical flight drills have kicked off in the Russian central city of Lipetsk, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The drills are carried out in accordance with the international military cooperation plan and will conclude at the end of next week, according to the ministry.

On Monday, Russia has started the first delivery of six Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia, a source in the sphere of military-technical cooperation told Sputnik.

Starting on Monday, parts of the six used MiG-29 warplanes that Russia has donated to Serbia will start arriving in Serbia.

This is taking place "after complicated administrative procedures," Sputnik has reported.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday that the MiG-29 warplanes from Russia will arrive to Serbia by the end of the year.

Vulin spoke at a session of the National Assembly's Committee on Defense and Interior Affairs, referencing the used planes that Russia has donated to the Serbian Air Force.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday that the MiG-29 warplanes from Russia will arrive to Serbia by the end of the year.

Vulin spoke at a session of the National Assembly's Committee on Defense and Interior Affairs, referencing the used planes that Russia has donated to the Serbian Air Force.

Bulgarian and Italian planes started training together.

The exercise will last about a week. It includes four Bulgarian "MiG-29" and four Italian "Eurofighter typhoons", which are here under the reinforced air defence mission - the so-called air police.

Also included are additional air defence capabilities of the country as well as land troops.

Joint Bulgarian-Israeli Flight Training Collector's Item 17 will be held from 7 to 13 September in the airspace of the Republic of Bulgaria, reported BGNES.

Military analyst Aleksandar Radic says there are indications that the MiG-29 jets from Russia will arrive in October.

"Moscow says they will arrive - it means they will arrive. All the bureaucratic obstacles have been overcome, and I believe they will arrive in October," he told Novi Magazin, and added: