Russia reinforces base in Armenia with modernised aircraft - agencies | Reuters

MOSCOW Russia has reinforced its military base in Armenia with fourth-generation fighter jets and a modernised helicopter, Russian news agencies cited the Russian military as saying on Saturday. Four MiG-29 fighters and one Mi-8MT helicopter will serve at the base near Armenia's capital city of Yerevan, Interfax reported

hidden February 20, 2016 23:45:15 IST

MOSCOW Russia has reinforced its military base in Armenia with fourth-generation fighter jets and a modernised helicopter, Russian news agencies cited the Russian military as saying on Saturday. Four MiG-29 fighters and one Mi-8MT helicopter will serve at the base near Armenia's capital city of Yerevan, Interfax reported. They will start making test flights in March, it said.

(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov) This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed.

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