Armenian Apostolic Church’s Shirak diocese leader Ter Michael bishop Ajapahyan on the occasion of the Military Aviation Day received military aviation base staff. He congratulated them with their professional holiday and expressed his confidence that our armed forces will keep our airspace inviolable.

On June 21 the Artsakh war participant, “Liberation Army” detachment’s commander Leonid Azgaldyan’s 20th death anniversary was marked. On this occasion his comrades-in-arms and friends, just citizens laid a wreath on his monument located in the corner of Khorenatsi Street and Mashtots Avenue, visited his grave, after that a celebration in honour of L.Azgaldyan was held in “Moscow” cinema, the film “Soil’s Colour” was screened made in his memory which starts with the following words: “This is Armenia, it is the size which I can easily place in my heart”.

A shooting training dedicated to the RA AF 20th anniversary was organized in the 5th army corps firing ground by the patriotic NGO “Armenian Eagles”. Besides members of the organization’s 200 branches, representatives of mass media also participated.

On the order of the Defense Minister the last Sunday of June will be observed as Military Sports Day in the RA Armed Forces. On June 24, Sunday, in the RA MOD administrative complex the Military Sports Day was solemnly observed for the first time. Congratulating function’s participants Minister Seyran Ohanyan said: