could anyone please comment on this? the news is pretty old though
ELGRADE, KOMPAS.com - French-made Rafale aircraft will likely compete with China-made aircraft, JF-17, to compete for the contract Serbian Air Force fleet rejuvenation. State ex-Yugloslavia it has budgeted about 1 billion euros ($ 11.8 billion) to buy about 12 new aircraft.
"Ideally, we would need about 12-16 new aircraft to secure our airspace. A billion euros I think fairly," said a defense ministry official told Reuters Serbia, Friday (16/12/2011) local time.
Separately, Air Force Chief of Staff Brigadier General Ranko Serbia Zivak said the Kemenhan Serbia will invite manufacturers of aircraft around the world to make a bid next year. Some Serb fighter who ogled among others Sukhoi Su-30 of Russia, F-16 and F/A-18 from the U.S., Swedish Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon from European consortium, the Rafale from France, and the JF-17 from China.
Serbia is currently living AU has three MiG-29 and about a dozen old MiG-21 aircraft from the Soviet era. Most of the ancient Serbian air force because of unkempt damaged after it got out of the UN arms embargo-related involvement in the Balkan wars in the 1990s era. Some Serbian MiG-29 fleet were also destroyed in the NATO bombing campaign in 1999.
Zivak According to the magazine 's defense Odbrana, this fighter procurement plans will enter the final stage, this month. Serbia must decide whether to choose products made ​​by NATO or remain faithful to its main ally, Russia and China.
Rafale dan JF-17 Akan Bertarung di Serbia - KOMPAS.com