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He also presented a special air helmet to a pilot who has flown more than 300 combat missions

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.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, during an inspection of the Khmeimim airbase in Syria, introduced a new tradition there - he presented a special helmet to a pilot who had flown more than 300 sorties, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Tuesday.

A unified version of the Russian Ansat can be created before the end of the year. Among other things, they want to provide it with a glass cabin, air conditioning and additional tanks.

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has developed a hybrid version of the Skylark 3 reconnaissance drone and is going to present it during the Singapore airshow. The flight duration of this device will be three times longer than that of the basic version.

19FortyFive allowed unpunished flight of the SR-72 hypersonic drone over Russia

Developed by the world's largest military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin, the SR-72 hypersonic drone will be able to fly over areas of Europe or Asia with impunity, collecting the necessary intelligence information, writes 19FortyFive columnist Steve Balestrieri.

More than 30 Mi-8AMTSh transport and assault helicopters are involved in bilateral company tactical exercises in the south of Russia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Russian and Belarusian crews of Su-30SM fighters conducted joint patrols of the state border of the Union State as part of the exercises "Allied Determination-2022", the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

The Russian military base has begun exercises in Tajikistan, which involve combat helicopters and the S-300PS long-range air defense system, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Monday.

They involve more than 150 pieces of equipment and over 500 military personnel

Complex exercises of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) "Hurricane" and unmanned aircraft started at the training ground of the Central Military District (CVO) in the Chelyabinsk region. This is stated in a message distributed on Monday by the press service of the district.

Russian and Belarusian Su-30SM fighters conducted joint border patrols as part of the Allied Resolve-2022 exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The Russian army adheres to the Soviet doctrine, according to which the decisive force on the battlefield is not tanks with infantry, but artillery. All other types of troops are needed only to provide the "god of war" (the name of Russian artillery since World War II) with advantageous positions for delivering crushing blows. And then use the gaps punched by the guns in the enemy's defense.

Uzbekistan will purchase 38 Puma 3 AE small reconnaissance drones in the United States as part of the Foreign Military Sales program. This is reported by the British edition of Shephard Media.

The US Embassy in Manila announced the February 10 ceremony of the transfer of four new Cessna-172 Skylark aircraft to the Philippine Navy Air Wing stationed at Sangley Point (Cavite Province).

The organizer of the International Aviation and Space Salons, the Aviasalon company (part of the Rostec State Corporation), has turned 30 years old, the press service of the state corporation reported.

The Brazilian army will get rid of Russian attack helicopters. Portal aereo.jor.br With reference to the command of the Brazilian Air Force, it reports that all 12 Mi-35M vehicles (Brazilian name — AH-2 Sabre) belonging to the 2°/8° GAV squadron will be decommissioned by March 1 of this year.

The maneuvers were conducted in preparation for major naval exercises under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy

Pilots of a separate mixed aviation regiment of naval aviation and crews of anti-submarine ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) conducted joint exercises in the Black Sea to search and track a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Monday.

The Greek Parliament, at its meeting on February 15, will consider the three most important arms procurement programs for the Armed Forces of the country in recent years, aimed primarily at expanding the capabilities of the fleet.

Tank units and electronic warfare (EW) specialists of the Central Military District successfully conducted a joint operation at a training ground in the Orenburg region.

Calculations of 82-mm mortars "Tray" and 120-mm mortars "Sani", acting as part of the reconnaissance and fire complex (ROK), worked out the defeat of the enemy's fire means located in shelters and in the open area at the Crimean Opuk training ground. And the gunners carried out fire raids on clusters of manpower and unarmored enemy vehicles.

The crews used the Khibiny-2 electronic warfare system to pass the air defense of a conditional enemy

Su-35S fighters and S-300 complexes were involved in tactical flight exercises with live firing in the Tver region. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Western Military District.