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Czech Aero Vodochody/Omnipol light combat jets delayed until 2022

An L-39 NG light combat and training aircraft. © Aero Vodochody

Aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody and its strategic partner Omnipol will be two years late delivering four trainer and light combat L-39 NGs to the Senegalese Air Force. The close collaboration between the two Czech defence companies could lead Omnipol to buy Aero Vodochody, which is having financial problems. [...]

Published on 01.06.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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