He also presented a special air helmet to a pilot who has flown more than 300 combat missions
MOSCOW, February 15. /tass/. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria and heard a report by the commander of Russian troops in Syria, Roman Berdnikov. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, inspected the Russian airbase in the Syrian Hamim," the ministry said.
They also noted that at the command post of the Shoigu airbase, "I heard a report by the commander of the Russian grouping of troops (forces) in Syria, Lieutenant General Berdnikov, on the current situation, measures carried out jointly with the Syrian armed forces to combat the remnants of international terrorists, as well as humanitarian assistance to the local population."
As noted in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the head of the Russian military department, together with the commander, checked the infrastructure facilities of the Russian airbase and laid a wreath at the busts of the Heroes of Russia who died while performing tasks in Syria.
Shoigu also presented a special air helmet to a pilot who has flown more than 300 combat missions. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "While communicating with the flight crew of the airbase, Hmeimim Shoigu introduced a new tradition - he handed a special air helmet to a pilot who had flown more than 300 combat missions," the report says.
Earlier it was reported that Shoigu inspected the Russian airbase in Syrian Khmeimim and heard a report by the commander of the Russian group of troops in Syria, Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov, on the current situation, measures carried out jointly with the Syrian armed forces to combat the remnants of international terrorists, as well as humanitarian assistance to the local population.
