Yerevan /Mediamax/. At the Russian airbase located at Erebuni military airdrome in Yerevan, the army aviation squadron of the Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Russian Southern Military District was established.
Earlier, MiG-29 air squadron was at the service of the Southern Military District in Armenia, fulfilling air defense battle tasks in behalf of joint CIS Air Defense System.
“Along with the establishment of the army aviation squadron, Mi-24P, Mi-8MT and Mi-8SMV helicopters will be involved into the air group, which are expected to set into motion to resolve a wide range of issues with the air support of the troops and transportation of the Russian military base staff”, the press-release of the Southern Military District of Russia’s Armed Forces reports.
The supply of helicopters to Erebuni airdrome is expected in 2014.
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