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  • Russia In Charge Of CIS Aerial Exercise On 25 April

    RUSSIA IN CHARGE OF CIS AERIAL EXERCISE ON 25 APRIL

    Interfax news agency, Moscow
    18 Apr 06

    More than 70 craft, including MiG-31 and Su-27 fighters, Su-25 attack
    aircraft, Su-24 fighter-bombers, A-50 long-range airborne early warning
    and control aircraft [Mainstay] and long-range strategic aviation
    aircraft will be taking part in an exercise of the CIS Unified Air
    Defence System on 25 April, Russian Interfax - Military News Agency
    reported on 18 April.

    Quoting Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force in charge of
    issues relating to the CIS Unified Air Defence System Lt-Gen Aytech
    Bizhev, the agency said Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
    Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine would be taking part in
    the exercises, designed to hone interaction in intercepting aerial
    intruders of the CIS airspace and to fight aerial terrorism.

    Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Army General Vladimir
    Mikhaylov, will take charge of the exercises from the Air Force's
    central command post, said the agency.
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