FOR THE SAKE OF PERMANENT PEACE

On May 17, Air Defense troops of the national army celebrated the 23rd anniversary of their formation.

In the protection of the airspace of Armenia divisions and specialists of the 102nd Russian military base are also involved, which also perform combat duty, and in internetwork command post in the clock duty Armenian and Russian experts are included.

If during the Artsakh war Air Defense troops of RA Armed Forces were in their infancy, and there were significant open air spaces, but now they are in the rear of the Air Defense forces of the NKR Defense Army, can cooperate successfully, taking on themselves a large part of the responsibility of defense, combat missions. Over the past 6-7 years a great job of arming of the armed forces has been done (under the command of Colonel K.Darbinyan and T.Aslikyan) with better military equipment, bringing working and social conditions into line with modern requirements.

The head of department of the troops is Colonel Armen Vardanyan. Air Defense Forces successfully cooperate with their colleagues from the CIS countries, are involved in the command and staff exercises and in tactical exercises with the combat fire.

Division of a military unit under the command of Colonel T.Aslikyan manages Lieutenant-Colonel V.Hakopyan. According to him, in 2014 Division’s units were trained in one of the training centers of the Russian Federation and received appropriate qualifications.

Head of combat shifts, Sr. Lieutenant Felix Asatryan: – We support all flights and are constantly in touch with the command center of the military unit, with operational manned aircraft. Everything is all right, the sky is peaceful!

Their daily work are doing radiotelephone operators Shahbazyan Tatevik, Melada Karapetyan and Narek Khachatryan.

In ensuring the combat capability of the division Deputy Commander, Major Suren Harutyunyan plays an important role. A brilliant specialist of C-300, he does everything for the organization of high-quality maintenance of weapons, passes his experience to the youth. Next to him are the chief of staff-Deputy Commander, Major A.Harutyunyan and Deputy Commander on work with staff, Major V.Malkhasyan.

ARAM NERSISYAN
Lieutenant-Colonel