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LOAN AGREEMENT ON SUKHOI TO BE SIGNED IN SEPTEMBER: AIR FORCE CHIEF
Jakarta, Aug 24 (ANTARA) - Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Soebandrio said the loan agreement on the purchase of six Sukhoi aircraft from Russia would be signed in September, 2008, and they were expected to arrive in Indonesia in the same month.
"According to the result of a meeting among the Defence Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the National Defence Force headquarters and the Air Force headquarters yesterday (Aug.23), the loan agreement will be signed in September," he said here Sunday.
He said the presence of six Sukhoi aircraft which will arrive in stages in 2008 and 2009 was urgent to reinforce the Indonesian Air Force.
The Russian Sukhoi producing company on August 21, 2007, announced the sale of six fighting aircraft to Indonesia worth US$300 million.
The aircraft consisted of three SU-30 MK2 and three SU-27 SKM which would add to the four Sukhoi aircraft already owned by the Indonesian Air Force since September 2003.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the procurement of the six Sukhoi planes was signed on the occasion of the Moscow aerospace exhibition on August 21, 2007.
Different with the amount mentioned above, the selling value of the six aircraft in the MoU was US$355 million.
Three units of SU-30MK2 type complete with the armament were scheduled to arrive in Indonesia in 2008 and the rest of SU-27SKM type in 2009.
The six Sukhoi fighters will replace the A-4 Skyhawk aircraft whose base is at the Squadron 11 of the Hasanuddin airbase in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
The purchase of the six Sukhoi aircraft was not included in the credit scheme given by the Russian government worth US$ 1 billion for modernizing Indonesian armament for the 2007-2010 period.
Meanwhile, three Sukhoi pilots who had just completed their trainings in Russia have arrived in Indonesia.
"According to the result of a meeting among the Defence Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the National Defence Force headquarters and the Air Force headquarters yesterday (Aug.23), the loan agreement will be signed in September," he said here Sunday.
He said the presence of six Sukhoi aircraft which will arrive in stages in 2008 and 2009 was urgent to reinforce the Indonesian Air Force.
The Russian Sukhoi producing company on August 21, 2007, announced the sale of six fighting aircraft to Indonesia worth US$300 million.
The aircraft consisted of three SU-30 MK2 and three SU-27 SKM which would add to the four Sukhoi aircraft already owned by the Indonesian Air Force since September 2003.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the procurement of the six Sukhoi planes was signed on the occasion of the Moscow aerospace exhibition on August 21, 2007.
Different with the amount mentioned above, the selling value of the six aircraft in the MoU was US$355 million.
Three units of SU-30MK2 type complete with the armament were scheduled to arrive in Indonesia in 2008 and the rest of SU-27SKM type in 2009.
The six Sukhoi fighters will replace the A-4 Skyhawk aircraft whose base is at the Squadron 11 of the Hasanuddin airbase in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
The purchase of the six Sukhoi aircraft was not included in the credit scheme given by the Russian government worth US$ 1 billion for modernizing Indonesian armament for the 2007-2010 period.
Meanwhile, three Sukhoi pilots who had just completed their trainings in Russia have arrived in Indonesia.
