Slovak Defense Minister Says Polish, Czech Air Forces to Patrol Country's Air Space
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th August, 2022) Polish and Czech military planes will be patrolling the Slovak air space starting September 1, Slovak Defense Minister Jaro Nad said on Saturday.
"#Slovak sky will be protected by #Czech & #Polish air forces from 1st September.
Today, we signed airpolicing agreement with (Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova) & (Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak)," Nad tweeted.
The agreement was signed at the Kuchyna air base in Slovakia.
Slovakia will retire its Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets in late August. The Slovak defense minister proposes to hand them over to Ukraine.