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Originally Posted by Raellus
One of the pieces I read suggested that the Ukrainians might need to pull the more advanced western avionics from the Polish and Slovakian MiGs because their own Fulcrums still use older, less capable Soviet-era avionics.
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About a third of Ukraine's Fulcrums received avionics upgrades over the last decade, so it's a mix of Soviet-era and modern equipment on Ukraine's MiG-29 fleet.
Particularly given that most of the Slovakian MiGs are allegedly in terrible mechanical shape, the upgraded avionics are practically the only reason to take them. I think it's more likely they'll cannibalize some of their un-upgraded MiGs to get the Slovakian ones back into flying condition, since that would probably be slightly easier than pulling the electronics to install in the Ukrainian jets, which would be the other way to get good systems into the air.