RUSSIA REINFORCES ARMENIAN BASE WITH OVERHAULED MIG-29 FIGHTER JETS
12:05 05.03.2014
Armenia, Russia, Russian Military base
Russia has strengthened its airbase in Armenia with a batch of
overhauled MiG-29 fighter jets, a military official said Tuesday.
Russia’s 3624th Air Base at the Erebuni airport in Yerevan previously
hosted at least 16 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets operating under the
framework of air defense agreements concluded between the members of
the Commonwealth of Independent States.
“A batch of fourth-generation MiG-29 multirole fighter jets has
been put in service with the Russian airbase at Eerebuni after an
extensive overhaul,” a spokesman for the Southern Military District,
Col. Igor Gorbul, said without specifying the number of aircraft,
RIA Novosti reports.
The Erebuni air base is part of Russia’s 102nd military base in Gyumri,
near Armenia’s border with Turkey.
The Russian military said in January that in addition to fighter jets
the Erebuni base will soon host a helicopter squadron armed with at
least 18 attack and military transport choppers.
From: A. Papazian
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