TurAz Gartaly - 2017 Exercises and Large-scale Maneuvers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Started

Baku / 18.09.17 / Turan: Joint flight and tactical exercises of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey began on September 18.
The exercises that will last until September 30 will involve up to 30 aircraft of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey, consisting of MiG-29, F-16, Su-25, C-130 Herkules, CASA CN-235 aircraft, as well as Mi-35, Mi-17 and Sikorsky S-70 helicopters.

Large-scale exercises with participation of various military branches of Armed Forces will also start on September 18. The exercises will involve up to 15,000 military personnel, more than 150 tanks and armored vehicles, up to 120 missiles and artillery systems of different calibers, multiple launch rocket systems and mortars, 20 combat aircraft for various purposes, as well as new types of electronic warfare assets and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The troops will practically improve their skills in organizing and developing various methods of conducting a modern combined-arms operation throughout the exercises to be held in difficult conditions of mountain relief, electronic warfare environment, and also other characteristic features determined by the concept of these exercises.
Live-fire, including using new weapons systems, is planned to be conducted at various training grounds in the course of the respective stages of the exercises.
The exercises will last until September 22. --06D-----