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By laman ismayilova

Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov visited mobile command post of the Air Forces, established in the area of large-scale military exercises as the drills entered the fourth day.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that Hasanov got acquainted with the activity of mobile headquarters, equipped with modern control systems in order to ensure control, maintenance, including work in supporting groups, as well as the organization of combat duty and gave relevant instructions.

The minister was informed about the activities and location of command post elements in the field conditions to ensure continued and operational management of formations and military units of the Air Forces.

More than 60,000 members of military personnel, over 50 planes and helicopters, more than 150 tanks and armored vehicles, as well as up to 700 systems of missile and artillery forces are involved in the training.

The exercises to run till November 18 conducted according to the plan approved by the President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, involved ships and boats of the Naval Forces.

The Azerbaijani Army, which today is considered the most modern army in the Caucasus, consists of Air Force and Air Defense Forces, the Navy, and the Land Forces.

The skills and combat readiness of the Azerbaijani army are growing year by year. The army building process in Azerbaijan is progressing as well.

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