18.03.2016 (10:05)Central MD peacekeeping formation to hold exercise in Orenburg regionAll the units have already arrived at the Totsky range. The servicemen conducted combined marching from the Samara region.

18.03.2016 (09:11)Eastern MD Special Task Force practiced capturing and defending of mountain pass in the course of “Elbrus ring” preliminary stageFour 17-man strong teams of Pacific Fleet formations, naval and army Task Force are participating in the contest.

18.03.2016 (07:00)Flight exercise with Eastern MD aviation units started in the Khabarovsk KraiThe flight exercise is aimed at raising piloting level of the servicemen while performing joint training tasks.

17.03.2016 (15:37)Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces presented the servicemen, who had taken part in the operation in Syria, with state decorationsThus, Colonel General Alexander Dvornikov, Colonel Viktor Romanov, Colonel Vadim Baykulov, Major Andrei Diyachnko were awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

17.03.2016 (15:20)First crews of Su-24M tactical bombers returned from Syria to ChelyabinskThe pilots made a fly-past over the airfield in a formation at low altitude. This is how they saluted relatives and colleagues at the airbase.

17.03.2016 (14:11)Southern MD motorized rifle units liquidated a simulated illegal armed group in Dagestan mountainsMore than 500 servicemen and about 200 pieces of armament and military hardware were involved in the tactic exercise.

17.03.2016 (13:49)Field training with artillery units of the Caspian Flotilla Marine started in DagestanArtillery units are to perform about 50 different firing tasks with usage of Nona self-propelled artillery guns, Matis and Fagot antitank missile complexes during 30 days.

17.03.2016 (11:08)Plesetsk Cosmodrome commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first spacecraft launchIn the course of last 50 years, more than 2,000 systems of different purpose have been set into low earth orbit, about 1,600 rocket vehicles have been launched, and 11 unique rocket complexes have been tested by the Cosmodrome.

17.03.2016 (09:21)Field training of the Eastern MD combined-arms army artillery units started in the Ussuriysk regionMore than 1,000 servicemen and about 300 pieces of artillery armament, military and special hardware are involved in the training.

17.03.2016 (08:15)Servicemen of the Eastern MD missile formation started mastering Iskander-M TBMSIn the course of training, the servicemen will attend theoretic and practical courses, and practice loading launch systems.

16.03.2016 (18:30)Group of Su-25 attack aircraft landed at the permanent base in the Krasnodar Krai having performed a long-range flight from Hmeymim airbaseThe pilots were congratulated by colleagues and relatives. After a short speech of the Southern MD Commander the pilots were presented war decorations.

16.03.2016 (12:45)Another group of Russian aircraft departed from the Hmeymim airbase and headed to the permanent basesThe group consists of a “leader”, an IL-76 aircraft, as well as attack aircraft Su-24M.

16.03.2016 (09:05)Vladimir Monomakh underwater cruiser of the Northern Fleet returned to Gadzhiyevo after performing assigned tasks in seaIn particular the crew practiced maneuvering at different depths and checked operability of different complexes and systems of the submarine.

16.03.2016 (08:00)District stage of the “Strong connection – 2016” contest took place in the Western MDTeams of the Baltic Fleet, tank formation of the Moscow region, and the Western MD brigade won the first prize.

16.03.2016 (07:21)Another group of Russian aircraft departed from the Hmeymim airbase and headed to the permanent basesThe group consists of a “leader”, an IL-76 aircraft, as well as attack aircraft Su-25.

16.03.2016 (06:49)Preparation of aircraft groups of the Russian Aerospace Forces for redeploying to airfields in the Russian Federation has been finishedEngineering and technical staff loaded equipment, logistics items and inventory into military transport aviation.

16.03.2016 (05:03)Eastern MD Special Task units held exercise in the Khabarovsk KraiTwo groups were projected behind the enemy lines by Mi-8AMTSh helicopters and landed using D-10 modern parachute systems.

15.03.2016 (22:41)Russian paratroopers landed near Tajik-Afghan border in course of the exerciseTwo Il-76 military transports dropped the paratroopers equipped with Arbalet guided special parachute systems.

15.03.2016 (14:52)First group of Su-34 bombers arrived at the Western MD airbase in Voronezh regionCommander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Colonel General Viktor Bondarev took part in the ceremony devoted to meeting pilots, who had been performing tasks in Syria.

15.03.2016 (14:30)Exhibition “Intellectual industrial technologies” is planned within the International forum ARMY-2016Everyone will have the opportunity to take part in topical workshops such as technologies of production and usage of composite materials, development of additive and cryogenic technologies in the military sphere.

15.03.2016 (11:03)Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov told journalists about the preparations for the Moscow Conference on International SecurityHe focused attention on the fact that the “interest to the forum is constantly growing and taking into account the number of participants it is going to be the most impressive”.

15.03.2016 (09:54)“Ladoga-2016” exercise among crews of the Western MD fighter aviation to take place in Karelia in late MarchAbout 50 pilots will practice different elements of air combat including enemy detection, locking on the target and its destruction day and night using missiles.

15.03.2016 (09:00)Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu ordered to redeploy main part of the Russian Armed Forces grouping which had been performing tasks on eliminating terrorists in Syria, starting from March 15, 2016Technical staff of the airbase started preparing aircraft for the long-range flight to the Russian Federation airfields.

Source: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

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