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Scandal in Russian military town as new school is decorated with F-16 images
It stirred a public outcry when it became known that the new school in Pechenga had a wall decorated with pictures of F-16s. It did not take long before the American aircraft were removed. And replaced.
Two Norwegian experts confirm to the Barents Observer that the fighter jets depicted in the Pechenga school are actually U.S made F-16s. Less than two days after the official opening ceremony, which included a show with kids dressed in uniform and marching with kalashnikovs, the F-16s were removed. In 2022, local authorities in Gadzhievo, the Russian submarine base, wanted to give the centre of the town a much-needed facelift.
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