Russia Reinforces Base in Armenia With Attack, Transport Helicopters

  21 December 2015    Read: 1160
Russia Reinforces Base in Armenia With Attack, Transport Helicopters
Russia has reinforced its military base in Armenia with attack and transport helicopters, the Defense Ministry
“Six modern attack Mi-24P and transport Mi-8MT helicopters from the Army’s aviation have been delivered to the Armenian military base from a military airbase in the Krasnodar region,” the press service said.

The Erebuni base was formed in 1995 and the MiG-29 Fulcrum multirole fighters were deployed there in 1998, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. In July 2001, the units at Erebuni were incorporated into an air division of the Russian 102nd Military Base in Gyumri, Armenia.

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