The Russian Air Force will conduct exercises with 450 aircraft and helicopters at the end of August

MOSCOW, 11 Aug. At the end of August, the Russian Air Force will hold a large-scale exercise in the Western Military District with the involvement of more than 450 aircraft and helicopters, said Air Force Commander — Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Dronov. The Russian Air Force celebrates its 109th anniversary on August 12, 2021. «At the end of August, at the airfields of the Western Military District, an exercise was planned on special types of support for the Aerospace Forces, during which questions of preparation for the implementation of tasks for the assignment of aviation units of all types of aviation, including for the first time long-range and unmanned aviation, will be involved. 450 aircraft, «Dronov said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper. According to him, during the exercise, for the first time, military repair of aviation equipment will be carried out by means of mobile technical and operational units with the involvement of repair teams from industrial enterprises, including on the airfield section of the road. Dronov said that in 2021 the Air Force will receive more than 60 units of new aviation equipment, including modern multipurpose aircraft Su-30SM, Su-35S, Su-57 and front-line bombers Su-34, as well as heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD -90A, combat helicopters Mi-28NM, Ka-52 and airborne transport Mi-8AMTSh-VN. In addition, the troops will receive more than 200 modernized aircraft. Exercises with the participation of the Russian military ended near the border of Afghanistan