Venezuela Receives
Russia-Made Planes
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
said Sunday that
Venezuela had received
24 Sukhoi-30 aircraft
bought from Russia.
In Sunday's TV and radio
talk show "Hello
President," Chavez said
"we received the Sukhoi
aircraft" as well as
pilots, crew and
missiles, and the
aircraft will begin
military practice with
missiles soon.
He added that "we're not
going to attack anybody,
only for defensive
purposes."
Venezuela bought from
Moscow the Sukhoi-30
aircraft, the multi-role
strike fighters that can
perform both air
superiority and ground
attacks, after the
United States refused to
provide spare parts of
F-16 for Venezuelan Air
Force.
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