18 Jul 2017 20:01

Russian Defense Ministry expects Aerospace Forces to begin receiving MiG-35 light fighter jet already in 2018

ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow region). July 18 (Interfax-AVN) - Research and Development of a Mikoyan MiG-35 light fighter jet jointly with Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG is completed, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov said.

"I hope that we will make procurements of a MiG-35 light fighter jet in 2018," Borisov said.

"I hope that after supplies of these light fighter jets to the Russian Aerospace Forces its export potential will be fomenting," he said.