Commander of one of the NKR AD AAD units Colonel Aram Aydinyan presents the regiment’s path.
– At first our regiment was a small subunit equipped with very simple AAD (ant-aircraft defense) means, subsequently it became a battery. As anti-aircraft-rocket regiment it was formed in August, 1992. Since 1992 they participated in military operations in the directions of Askeran, Martakert, Martouni, Hadrut and Kashatagh and defended the capital Stepanakert and other settlements from enemy’s air attacks. During that time enemy’s 10 air means were demolished. In January 2007 the regiment was awarded with 2nd level order “Battle Cross”.

On May 21st, in RA MOD Military-Sports College after Monteh Melkonyan a meeting was organized with Director of the film “Volunteer” Anna Tovmasyan and Alexander Kurepin. Around him film’s hero Dima Motrich and his two friends – Ilya Kulik and Miro-Myasnik Gasparyan gathered, they together during the Artsakh war fulfilled numerous military actions, fought in the hottest spots, trained soldiers, helped the Armenian volunteers.

Fighting efficiency of RA AF AAD (anti-aircraft defense) periodically has been checked during military exercises, the last of them were held in September, 2011 in training ground Ashuluk of Astrakhan district of Russian Federation where our subunits got the highest mark.

“The military parade in Stepanakert was conducted in a high level of organization, it was very impressive. Unlike the previous parade held in 2007, this time many new and powerful arms were shown – new rocket-artillery complexes and non-pilot flying machines (NPFM) which are very important both in tactical and strategic meaning”, – told military expert Hrachya Petrosyants to Panorama.am.

Recently on the initiative of Hayk Harutyunyan, Head of military-patriotic charity NGO “Azatamartik” a Khachqar-Memorial (cross-stone) opening ceremony was held dedicated to the teachers of the school No.87 who perished in Artsakh war. War-participants, NGO representatives, perished soldiers’ parents took part in the ceremony.
The same day the Military Training class was named after perished teacher Nelson Gasparyan.

More than 20 months in military service, actor studio, professional sport, diplomatic education – all this is concentrated in one soldier, Sergeant Vladimir Naljyan, whose friends call him just Vlad.
From 6 years he was participating in karate classes, after a year he was admitted to Sofi Devoyan’s dance-studio. At 9 he again joined karate course headed by Gor Vardanyan. Vlad’s mother, Svetlana has done everything that her sons, besides being model citizens, become also professional sportsmen.

In the days of Shoushi liberation there were no armaments, no food, 200 reservists were waiting for weapons of their perished friends to go to battlefield, says General Arkadiy Ter-Tadevosyan: «There was no Stepanakert any more, «Grad» was bombing each square meter. The city was dieing, and there was no difference for them – to die today or tomorrow? To take Shoushi – that was the task of life and death for the Artsakh people. My people, my commanders «forced» to take such a decision. I was subordinate to Defense Committee of Serge Sargsyan. I asked him – shall we take? He said – we take!»