David E wrote:Cement company? Hitting all the glamour spots!
Any comments from the troops re serviceability?
Got to love cement - its driving economic growth in this part of the world - as steel was two weeks ago at the Steelworks in West Java

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As for serviceability - I understand its never been particularly good but the airframes are cycling through maintenance and upgrades in Belarus at the moment. 27-001 and 27-002 have just been upgraded to SKM status (as opposed to SMK for the later single seaters, with the AAR probe) after a long period sitting idle. If I am not mistaken it looks like 30-009 needs some AOG love too.
I only got to speak to two pilots (both Lieutenants), one trained on Russia and one in America but both very positive about their experience on type.