[Goose]

https://twitter.com/samramani2/status/15...P0EHK4igkA

BC

It is a total of 12 jets. While definitely very welcome, it probably just replaces some of the losses. It will however allow Ukraine to continue control it's airspace in the West, which is critical to it's weapons supply.

UPDATE:
https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/07/bre...o-ukraine/ says that these MIGS are "updated".

Slovakia owns a dozen MiG-29SD, which as of 2005 received an upgrade to standardize them to NATO norms. The work was carried out by the RAC MiG manufacturer and Western companies.
This version features Rockwell Collins navigation and communication systems, a BAE Systems identification friend-of-the-friend (IFF) system, a new glass cockpit with LCD multifunction displays and a new digital mission computer.
These modifications allow the ex-Soviet MiG-29 aircraft to be integrated into NATO’s air command and control structure. However, their armament was not modernized and still uses the same type of missiles, inherited from when Czechoslovakia was part of the USSR.

This probably makes these aircraft incompatible with the Ukrainian IFF and communication systems. That is very un-good. They might find themselves being shot at by both sides. I expect the Ukraine is using IFF at least around it's airfields. Not being compatible is going to make you a target.

[Goose]

https://twitter.com/samramani2/status/15...P0EHK4igkA

BC

It is a total of 12 jets. While definitely very welcome, it probably just replaces some of the losses. It will however allow Ukraine to continue control it's airspace in the West, which is critical to it's weapons supply.

UPDATE:
https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/07/bre...o-ukraine/ says that these MIGS are "updated".

Slovakia owns a dozen MiG-29SD, which as of 2005 received an upgrade to standardize them to NATO norms. The work was carried out by the RAC MiG manufacturer and Western companies.
This version features Rockwell Collins navigation and communication systems, a BAE Systems identification friend-of-the-friend (IFF) system, a new glass cockpit with LCD multifunction displays and a new digital mission computer.
These modifications allow the ex-Soviet MiG-29 aircraft to be integrated into NATO’s air command and control structure. However, their armament was not modernized and still uses the same type of missiles, inherited from when Czechoslovakia was part of the USSR.

This probably makes these aircraft incompatible with the Ukrainian IFF and communication systems. That is very un-good. They might find themselves being shot at by both sides. I expect the Ukraine is using IFF at least around it's airfields. Not being compatible is going to make you a target.