Multinational exercises "Birlestik-2024" with the participation of the Azerbaijani military have ended
Multinational exercises "Birlestik-2024" with the participation of the Azerbaijani military have ended
The international operational and tactical command and staff exercises "Birlestik-2024" have been completed in Kazakhstan. The military leadership of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan at Cape Tokmak in the Caspian Sea observed the latest episode of the exercises.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, the participants carried out measures to destroy illegal armed groups in the coastal zone of the Caspian Sea. According to the scenario, the paratroopers and search and rescue groups of the Azerbaijani Air Force evacuated the crew of the crashed combat helicopter from the battlefield, the press release says.
At the “Birlestik-2024” exercises, Azerbaijan was represented by a group of Ground Forces commandos, a parachute and search and rescue group and Su-25 aircraft of the Air Force, as well as patrol and amphibious ships of the Navy.
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