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Poland Keen on Finnish Hawks -YLE

  • (Source: STT Finnish government news)
  • 12:00 AM, December 11, 2008
  • 1610
Poland has expressed interest in buying some of the Finnish Air Force's inventory of British Aerospace Hawk advanced jet trainers, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) reported on Wednesday.>> The public broadcaster added that the issue had been raised last week when Bogdan Klich, the Polish defence minister, visited Finland.>> Poland is in the process of procuring 16 trainer jet aeroplanes and aims to close the deal by the end of the year.>> Some of the FAF's fleet of 65 Hawks are becoming redundant as Finland's plans to found an international air combat school in Kauhava have come to nothing.>> -ends->
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