Aircraft
Aerostar Pitches for More Overhauls of MiGs
Aerostar of Romania is about to complete a contract to overhaul, re-life and upgrade eight Mozambique MiG-21s at its Bacau base.
Workers at the Aerostar facility in Bacau, Romania, complete their work to overhaul one of eight MiG-21s for the Mozambique air force. (Photo: Ian Sheppard)
Workers at the Aerostar facility in Bacau, Romania, complete their work to overhaul one of eight MiG-21s for the Mozambique air force. (Photo: Ian Sheppard)

Bacau, Romania-based Aerostar is nearing the end of a program to bring eight Mozambique Air Force MiG-21 fighters back to life after some 20 years in storage. The company is best known today for its commercial MRO and aerostructures business. But the latest MiG work follows Aerostar’s previous contract to upgrade 110 Romanian air force MiG-21s to the Lancer standard, with new avionics designed by Elbit Systems.

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