ROSTOV-ON-DON, August 3 (AVN) - Servicemen of the airborne assault regiment of the 20th guard motorised rifle division and scouting formations of the 58th general army started practical exercises in the North Caucasus military district, a spokesman for the district headquarters told the Military News Agency on Friday.
Officers and soldiers make air jumps from MI-8 Hip helicopters near the town of Bataisk. By Friday morning they have already made 1,289 jumps. The training scheme was 17 percent accomplished in the district units in winter. Now this backlog is quickly being overtaken. As many as 19,800 air jumps are planned for the academic year.