Lanka to buy MiG jets from Ukraine
Sri Lanka is to bolster its air force by buying four Mig-27s from Ukraine as its battle with the Tamil Tiger rebels intensifies, a government minister said yesterday.
Policy Planning Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said Ukraine would also overhaul four identical ground attack aircraft already with the island's airforce.
The four new planes will be delivered shortly to the airforce, which carries out regular air raids against Tamil rebels in the island's north and east.
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