Three fighter Sukhoi jets Technician Dies

Three fighter Sukhoi jets Technician Dies , Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Alexander Ivanov said the latest Sukhoi fighter jet deliveries will be made late this September.

Three fighter Sukhoi jets Technician Dies , Three Russian engineer dies after drinking liquor Monday, September 13 last, This does not affect the delivery of Sukhoi fighter jets to Indonesia.

TNI Commander Djoko Santoso said the death of three technicians would not affect the assembly schedule, because they are a team of warranty, not the assembly.

Government of Indonesia to buy six Sukhoi aircraft from Russia under a contract worth USD300 million, or approximately Rp2, 6 trillion, which was signed in 2007

Three units of Sukhoi Su-30 MK type have been sent in 2009, while three others arrived this year. Two units have arrived at Sultan Hasanuddin air base on Sept. 10, the other one following the end of this month. In 2003, the Ministry of Defense has bought four Sukhoi units.

According to Ria Novosti reports, Russia accelerate the delivery of the planes, which should arrive no later than the end of 2010, to enliven the TNI anniversary on October 5.

Russia's mainstay fighter of this plan will add an air base squadron of fighter in Sultan Hasanuddin, Makassar. Secretary of Defense needs to fulfill the number of Sukhoi aircraft into 16 units to make a squadron.