news.am, Armenia
Sept 3 2011
US Embassy – Yerevan paid memory tribute to airplane victims of Sasnashen
September 02, 2011 | 22:28
YEREVAN. – Head of U.S. third Air Forces and office of U.S. military
cooperation from the United States, deputy of Armenian MOD Davit
Tonoyan from Armenian side, local community leader of Sasnashen and
its residents participated in the event on Friday devoted to the
memory of C-130 aircraft pilots crashed in the Armenian land during
Soviet times.
The event was held near the monument built for their memory, press
service of the embassy informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.
`I was touched upon learning that the residents of Sasnashen still
remember that accident, and pay a memory tribute every year since
1958. It proves how strong the Sasnashen community is,’ told the head
of third Air Forces of U.S.
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