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Serbia Orders Three Airbus H215 Super Pumas

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

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Serbia Orders Three Airbus H215 Super Pumas

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Serbia’s ministry of internal affairs will acquire three twin-engine Airbus H215 Super Puma helicopters, to be delivered in 2021 and 2022. This order follows a 2016 contract between Serbia and Airbus for nine H145M utility helicopters, the first of which was delivered in December. Serbia, which seeks to maintain good relations with the U.S., its allies and Moscow while retaining its military independence, has been rebuilding its air capabilities since the country’s air force was largely destroyed during NATO’s air…

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