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Poland is ready to transfer dozens of Soviet-era fighter jets to the United States so they can be used by the Ukrainian military.
A technician looks at a Ukrainian fighter before it takes off from a military base in the small town of Vasylkiv.
The same type of fighter jet that the Ukrainian air force uses is going to be sent to the US by the Polish military.
Poland asked the United States to give them used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities, after it was reported that the United States had weighed replacing Poland's fleet with American-made F-16 fighter jets.
The Pentagon and State Department did not respond to requests for comment, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed to CNN on Sunday that the United States supports sending Polish fighter jets to Ukraine.
27. According to Janes World Air Forces, there are only one- and two-seat MiG-29 fighter jets left in Poland.
Two other former members of the Soviet bloc, Bulgaria and Slovakia, also have MiG-29s, but they declined to join the NATO alliance.
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