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Airborne operation at ´Slavic Brotherhood – 2020´ tactical exercise

3rd October 2020 Jacek Domański

An annual, joint tactical exercise ´Slavic Brotherhood – 2020´ was held between 14th and 25th September this year, at Brestsky training ground, located near Brest, the Republic of Belarus. More than 6000 soldiers and 500 […]

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Russia celebrates the 90th anniversary of Airborne Forces

6th August 2020 Jacek Domański

Only a week after the Day of the Russian Navy, this year being celebrated on 26th July, another military holiday was observed in Russia. The feast, officially known as the Airborne Forces Day (День Воздушно-десантных […]

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Russian northernmost air base now has the all-year runway

3rd May 2020 Jacek Domański

Nagurskoye, a remote Arctic air base located in Alexandra Land (an island in Franz Josef Land archipelago), is the northernmost airfield of the Eastern hemisphere and the second-northernmost in the world (after the Alert Air […]

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