F.P Report
MINSK: Belarusian Defense Ministry reported on Monday that a staff exercise for jointly employing the Air Force and air defense troops of Belarus and Russia’s Aerospace Force will run in Belarus on March 16-18.
Mentioning the details of joint training exercise, it added that “On March 16-18, the Air Force and air defense troops of Belarus will hold a joint training exercise under the direction of [Belarusian] Air Force and Air Defense Commander Major-General Igor Golub. The exercise will also involve commanders of military units and formations of the Air Force and air defense forces, and also an operational group of the Russian Armed Forces.”
Furthermore, the ministry has also confirmed that the joint exercise will practice the issues of “planning the employment of the Air Force and air defense troops in a defensive operation of the regional grouping of forces and also the joint use of the Air Force and air defense troops of the Republic of Belarus and Russia’s Aerospace Force.”
