Azerbaijan, Turkey to hold joint tactical-flight exercises

Baku, September 14, AZERTAC Air Forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey will begin joint tactical-flight exercises "TurAz Eagle - 2017" on September 18, under the annual military cooperation plan between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey. About 30 aviation vehicles, including MiQ-29, F-16, Su-25, C-130 Hercules, CASA CN-235 planes, Mi-35, Mi-17 and Sikorski S-70 helicopters belonging to Azerbaijan and Turkey Air Force will participate at the trainings, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported. The exercises will focus on planning joint operations of the Air Force of the two countries, mutual cooperation on operations, combat compromise, search and rescue operations, air strikes, destruction of ground targets and other missions. The trainings will last till September 30.