Slovakia is seeking to lease a new type of fighter aircraft to replace its Mikoyan MiG-29 fleet when it is retired within the next few years, according to Slovak National Armament Office Director Robert Tibensky. Tibensky was speaking at the annual GLOBSEC security forum held in Bratislava from 14-16 May and confirmed that by 2020 Slovakia will have replaced most of its Soviet-era legacy equipment with modern platforms. Tibensky, who was appointed on 1 May, said that, with Bratislava withdrawing its MiG-29s from service around 2016-17, Slovakia will seek to emulate the neighbouring Czech Republic and Hungary and lease a new type of combat aircraft to prevent a gap in its supersonic fighter capability.
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