Georgia Denies Entry to Russian Spy Plane
Baku Today, Azerbaijan
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 05/04/2005 15:56
Commander of the General Staff of the Russian Air Forces Boris Cheltsov
said that Georgia denied Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft
A-50 (NATO codename: Mainstay) to over fly Georgia as a part of the
maneuvers of the air forces of the Commonwealth of Independent State
(CIS) member countries, which was launched on April 5, RIA Novosti
and Itar-Tass news agencies reported.
Boris Cheltsov said that two A-50 aircrafts will participate in the
maneuvers. “One will conduct a flight over Belarus.
It was planned that another would have been used in the Armenian
airspace; however, Georgia did not let it [the A-50 aircraft] through
its airspace,” Commander of the General Staff of the Russian Air
Forces stated.
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