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MEDAL REQUESTED FOR AZERI SOLDIER WHO SHOT DOWN HELICOPTER
Interfax, Russia
Nov 12 2014
BAKU. Nov 12
Azeri Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov has requested a medal for a
soldier who has shot down a helicopter that belonged either to the
Armenian military or to the armed forces of Azerbaijan's breakaway
Armenian-speaking enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azeri Defense
Ministry said.
"Showing vigilance and heroism," Ilkin Muradov "shot down the enemy
aircraft in carrying out his service duties," the ministry said in
a statement.
The helicopter was one of a pair of choppers that had flown into
Azeri air space, according to the ministry.
"One of the helicopters in the enemy combat pair was destroyed,
and the other managed to evade the line of fire and escaped," the
statement said.
Three crewmembers were believed to have died.
The minister has asked for Muradov, who has stayed in the military
after his term of national service expired, to be awarded the medal
"For Distinguished Military Service" 3rd Class, the ministry said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the ministry had said Azeri forces had brought
down an Armenian military helicopter, a Mil Mi-24, about 2 kilometers
from the village of Kenqerli, Aqdam district.
Meanwhile, the defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic said Azeri forces had blown down an Mi-24 helicopter of the
Nagorno-Karabakh forces on Wednesday. It claimed the chopper had been
doing a training flight.
From: A. Papazian
Interfax, Russia
Nov 12 2014
BAKU. Nov 12
Azeri Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov has requested a medal for a
soldier who has shot down a helicopter that belonged either to the
Armenian military or to the armed forces of Azerbaijan's breakaway
Armenian-speaking enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azeri Defense
Ministry said.
"Showing vigilance and heroism," Ilkin Muradov "shot down the enemy
aircraft in carrying out his service duties," the ministry said in
a statement.
The helicopter was one of a pair of choppers that had flown into
Azeri air space, according to the ministry.
"One of the helicopters in the enemy combat pair was destroyed,
and the other managed to evade the line of fire and escaped," the
statement said.
Three crewmembers were believed to have died.
The minister has asked for Muradov, who has stayed in the military
after his term of national service expired, to be awarded the medal
"For Distinguished Military Service" 3rd Class, the ministry said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the ministry had said Azeri forces had brought
down an Armenian military helicopter, a Mil Mi-24, about 2 kilometers
from the village of Kenqerli, Aqdam district.
Meanwhile, the defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic said Azeri forces had blown down an Mi-24 helicopter of the
Nagorno-Karabakh forces on Wednesday. It claimed the chopper had been
doing a training flight.
From: A. Papazian