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L’armée de l’air d’Arménie déploie les 4 Sukoï SU 30 qu’elle a acheté à la Russie

GYUMRI — Armenia demonstrated on Friday for the first time four Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets which it has purchased from Russia.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan and other Armenian officials watched at an airbase in Gyumri their test flights carried out by Russian pilots. Pashinyan and Tonoyan then greeted the pilots and sat in one of the jets’ cockpits.

“Today is a very important day for us because state-of-the-art multirole Su-30SM planes, considered our main [arms] acquisition of this year, are arriving,” Pashinyan said in video remarks broadcast live from the scene.

“This acquisition marks a turning point for the security of Armenia and our people,” he added.

GYUMRI — Armenia demonstrated on Friday for the first time four Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets which it has purchased from Russia.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan and other Armenian officials watched at an airbase in Gyumri their test flights carried out by Russian pilots. Pashinyan and Tonoyan then greeted the pilots and sat in one of the jets’ cockpits.

“Today is a very important day for us because state-of-the-art multirole Su-30SM planes, considered our main [arms] acquisition of this year, are arriving,” Pashinyan said in video remarks broadcast live from the scene.

“This acquisition marks a turning point for the security of Armenia and our people,” he added.

source : MassisPost