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In this photo taken on Monday, February 15, 2016, an Mig-17 and Mig-19 fighter jets stand at the Rinasi air base, near Tirana. If you want to buy a secondhand fighter jet, Albania�s the place to go right now. The 40 obsolete Soviet and Chinese-made aircraft up for sale once roared over what was Europe�s most exclusive airspace. The Albanian pilots were members of an exalted military elite that had its own food-tasters and was tasked by Communist Albania's paranoid regime with deterring countless enemies who never did come to this country on the Adriatic Sea. (Photo by Gent Shkullaku/AP Photo)
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