4 Russian Tu-22M3 missile-carrying bomber are being transferred to the Afghan border - they will be involved in joint exercises with Uzbekistan
Russia will use four Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber-bombers in exercises in Uzbekistan near the border with Afghanistan, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"Tu-22M3 relocated to an operational airfield in the Saratov region to participate in a joint Russian-Uzbek exercise," the military department said on Thursday.
They noted that in the course of practical actions, the Tu-22M3 crews will take off from an airfield in the Saratov region, fly to the Termez training ground and work out the tasks of delivering group bombing strikes on conditional camouflaged militant camps and ammunition depots during a joint Russian-Uzbek exercise.
"A pair of MiG-29 fighters of the Air Defense Forces and the Air Force of the Republic of Uzbekistan will provide cover for the Russian bombers," the ministry said.
