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US blocks Polish MiG-29 fighter jet plan for Ukraine

9th March 2022 - 14:24 GMT | by Tim Martin in Belfast

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A Polish Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum takes flight during the Radom Air Show. (Photo: Alamy)

The US has described as not 'tenable' a proposal from Poland to supply it with MiG-29 fighter jets.

The US government has turned down a proposal from Poland to transfer Warsaw’s fleet of MiG-29 Fulcrum twin-engine fighter jets to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, denying an urgent request from Ukraine to build up air power capabilities in the face of Russia’s invasion.

‘We will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland’s proposal is a tenable one,’ John Kirby, Pentagon press secretary, said in an 8 March statement.

He added that the prospect of the MiG-29 fighters departing from a US

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