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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

RMAF takes delivery of Sukhoi fighter aircraft


After a four-year wait, the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will take delivery of two Sukhoi Su-30MKM multi-role fighter aircraft tomorrow.

They will be the first two of 18 aircraft ordered by Malaysia in May 2003, being the most sophisticated aircraft of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Air Force Chief Jen Datuk Seri Azizan Ariffin and Defence Ministry Secretary-General Tan Sri Ahmad Latffi Hashim will receive the aircraft on behalf of the Malaysian government at the Irkut Aircraft Corporation manufacturing plant here.

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