The United States has purchased 81 Soviet era fighter jets from Kazakhstan with each costing around $20,000.
A report from the Kyiv Post mentions that the US purchased obsolete Soviet-era combat aircrafts from the 1970s and 1980s for unknown reasons.
The total value of the unusable combat aircrafts equaled $2.26 million, which is gold compared to the cost of the latest and most advanced fighter jets.
Why Did the US Buy Old Aircrafts?
This is exactly what the Kyiv Post report titled “why Did US Buy Old Soviet Aircraft from Kazakhstan?” uncovers.
The report doesn’t mentions specific reasons but suggests the fighter jets could end up in Ukraine as the country has already been using such jets against Russia.
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) would disassemble them for spare parts or even use the obsolete airframes as decoys at airfields,” the website said.
The US Department of Defense didn’t respond to requests put forth by multiple news outlets.
