Over one hundred Russian Air Force planes to be redeployed in surprise check - ministry
MOSCOW. May 26 (Interfax-AVN) - Over a hundred planes will be redeployed within the next 24 hours in a surprise assessment of the combat readiness of troops, aviation and air defense forces of the Central Military District, the Russian Defense Ministry press service and information department has said.
"Pilots have received flight plans and started to compute navigation data. The data is being entered into aircraft computers," says a report seen by Interfax-AVN on Tuesday.
"Lead teams of aviation specialists have arrived in designated airfields to examine and prepare them for the future landings," the Defense Ministry reported.
"The aviation group of the Central Military District, reinforced by aviation units of the Western and Southern Military Districts and Long-Range Aviation [group], is being redeployed to operative airfields," the report said.
