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Military airplanes. Russia: two new bases operative in 2016 and 2017

Kazan, Russia - The facilities are located in Belarus and Yakutia and will deploy respectively airplanes Sukhoi Su-27 and MIG-31

The Russian Air Force Commander-In-Chief Colonel General Viktor Bondarev met journalists on Wednesday October 15 during a visit at the construction yard of a new air base in Babruysk in eastern Belarus. The military announced that the facility will be ready in 2016 and will deploy 24 Sukhoi Su-27 fighter airplanes. Russia decided earlier this year to send these aircraft to Belarus, to provide the...

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Rome, Italy, 10/15/2014 16:35
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