US acquires 81 obsolete Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan PHOTO

The US has acquired 81 obsolete Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan.

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, according to Business Insider.

The declared sale value was one billion Kazakhstani tenge or $2.26 million, equalling an average value for each plane of $19,300.

The US purchased 81 of the aged, unusable warplanes.

🔵🇰🇿Kazakistan'dan 🇺🇸ABD'ye savaş uçağı satışı

🔸ABD'nin Kazakistan'dan her biri ortalama 20.000 dolar maliyetle 81 adet Sovyet dönemi savaş uçağı satın aldığı iddia edildi
🔸Kazakistan, 117 adet Sovyet dönemi savaş uçağını satışa çıkarmıştı
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