Algeria's MiGs will stay in Russia

Twenty-eight MiG 29s that had been purchased for the Algerian Air Force will now stay in Russia with at least ten serving with the Russian Air Force.

The 28 RSK MiG-29SMT fighters were built for, but never delivered to, Algeria. The MiG-29s will join the Russian air force's tactical training centre in Lipetsk. The Russian ministry of defence reportedly signed a $645 million contract for all 28 MiG-29SMTs, but the air force will not take all of them immediately.