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Russian airbase in Armenia to receive MiG-29 aircraft and one Mi-8 helicopter in 2016

MOSCOW, January 5. /TASS/. Russian Erebuni airbase in Armenia will receive a batch of MiG-29 multipurpose light tactical fighters and one Mi-8 transport helicopter in 2016, press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday.

"A new batch of MiG-29 fourth generation light multipurpose light tactical fighters and one Mi-8 transport helicopters will arrive at Russia’s Erebuni airbase in the Republic of Armenia in the second half of 2016," the Defense Ministry said.

The Russian airbase of the Southern Military District stationed at Erebuni airfield in Erevan was formed in 1995.