Russia's Air Forces Chief Commander Vladimir Mikhailov
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Russia to Renew Aircraft Fleet by 2020
The aircraft fleet of Russia’s Air Forces will be completely renewed by 2020, the RBC news agency quoted Air Forces Chief Commander Vladimir Mikhailov as saying.
The planes will be replaced “in two flows,” Mikhailov said, via upgrading and supplies of new aircraft. All arms of airpower will get new planes. The strategic air forces, for instance, will be armed with new Tu-160 bombers, “two unites each two or three years,” Mikhailov promised. This move, the analysts said, will enable to step up the strength of these planes to 30.
Russia’s Air Defense won’t be ignored. Quite soon, the first regiment armed with S-400 air defense systems will be put in combat alert in the Moscow Region’s Elektrostal.
Moreover, the supplies of Pantsyr small-range air defense systems are scheduled to begin in the near term. Pantsyr will defend strategic facilities “at the nearest approaches.”
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