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Russia Air, Ground Forces
to conduct joint drills in April
RIA
Novosti
Tuesday January 29, 2008
Units of Russia's Air Force and Ground Forces will
conduct a joint exercise in the country's Caspian region in April
2008, a senior military official said on Tuesday.
"The exercise will focus on rehearsing command and control
of an Air Force and Air Defense Forces combined-arms formation"
in what the military terms the Central Asian strategic sector,
said Lt. Gen. Valery Stytsenkov, head of the Air Force Combat
Training Directorate.
He said units will also practice interoperability and teamwork
with aviation, missile defense, antiaircraft, and electronic warfare
assets of the Air Force, the Air Defense Forces, and the Ground
Forces.
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The general said preparations were under way, exercise grounds
were being tested and reconnoitered, and that relevant paperwork
was being processed.
He said the exercise will cover an extensive area, including
the Kapustin Yar and Ashuluk training grounds, both in south Russia's
Astrakhan region near the Caspian Sea.
Stytsenkov said the first such exercise was conducted in 2007
after a long hiatus.
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