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        "id": 1499112,
        "msgid": "ri-to-buy-eight-more-sukhois-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-04-10 00:00:00",
        "title": "RI to buy eight more Sukhois",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "RI to buy eight more Sukhois JAKARTA: In a bid to strengthen its capability of guarding the country's air space, the Air Force plans to buy eight more Russian-made Sukhoi jetfighters this year. If the additional Sukhois arrive, the Air Force will have a squadron of 12 jetfighters.",
        "content": "<p>RI to buy eight more Sukhois<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: In a bid to strengthen its capability of guarding the<br>\ncountry's air space, the Air Force plans to buy eight more<br>\nRussian-made Sukhoi jetfighters this year.<\/p>\n<p>If the additional Sukhois arrive, the Air Force will have a<br>\nsquadron of 12 jetfighters.<\/p>\n<p>\"The new squadron will provide the TNI with adequate air<br>\ndefenses and we have already selected 18 to 20 pilots to be<br>\ntrained in Russia to fly the jetfighters,\" Air Force Chief<br>\nMarshall Chappy Hakim while observing the rehearsal of the<br>\nforce's 58th anniversary at the Halim Perdanakusuma air base in<br>\nEast Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary falls on April 9, but this year's celebration<br>\nhas been moved back one day as the day coincided with Good<br>\nFriday, which is a national holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Chappy, nevertheless, said the budget allocated for the<br>\npurchase as well as a training program for Indonesian pilots had<br>\nyet to be approved.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have not yet received confirmation regarding the budget,\"<br>\nChappy said.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia spent US$192.6 million on four Sukhois last year. -- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ri-to-buy-eight-more-sukhois-1447893297",
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