Aerospace

Nearly 150 New Aircraft to Join Russian Air Force in 2015

The Russian Air Force will receive nearly 150 new and modernized planes and helicopters by the end of 2015, Commander-on-Chief of the Russian Air and Space Forces Colonel General Viktor Bondarev announced.

The rearmament program which is currently underway in the Air Force is on schedule, Bondarev underscored.

"Since 2012, we have received more than 300 planes and helicopters. By the end of the year, we will receive another 150 aircraft. By the end of 2020, their number will be 1,000," the general said.