Serbia has requested the purchase of 20 fighter bombers, according to an announcement made by the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in June 2020. The International Defense magazine Janes reported that Serbia has shown interest to acquire 20 T-7A jets, an American/Swedish advanced jet trainer developed by Boeing in partnership with Saab AB.
Pro-government media reported that Serbia had officially asked the United States for 20 fighter-bombers, but Washington had not responded to the request. In case of United States does not give the green light for the same of aircraft, Serbia could purchase Russian aircraft Sukhoi-25.
The Serbian Armed Forces and its arms industry have since the Soviet-Yugoslavia period been dependent on Soviet/Russian technology.
The Sukhoi Su-25 Grach (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces.
The Su-25 is armed with a30 m twin-barrel gun mounted under the fuselage. The aircraft is also fitted with 10 pylons able to carry air-to-air and air-to-ground weapon systems including Kh-23 (Nato codename AS-7 Kerry), Kh-25ML (AS-10 Karen) and Kh-29l (AS-14 Kedge) air-to-ground missile and R-3S (AA-2D Atoll) and the R-60 (AA-8 Aphid) air-to-air missiles.