More military transport aviation will be used in a large-scale exercises next year than this year, a top Air Force commander said on Friday.
Lt. Gen. Viktor Kachalkin, commander of the 61st Air Army, said "somewhat more military transport aviation" would be used in the course of the Vostok (East) 2010 exercise than was used during the Osen (Fall) 2009 exercise.
He did not provide any numbers.
The Defense Ministry has said the Russian Armed Forces will conduct large-scale Vostok military exercises in Siberia and the country's Far East in 2010.
The exercises will be part on the annual training cycle in the Russian military, aimed at improving combat readiness and interoperability of the various branches of the Armed Forces.
The drills will involve units of the Siberian and the Far Eastern military districts, the Air Force, Airborne troops and the Pacific Fleet.
So far this year, the military has conducted the Caucasus 2009, Zapad 2009 and Ladoga 2009 strategic exercises, and 15 brigade-level and 161 battalion-level drills.
Russia holds Vostok strategic command-and-staff exercises every two years. More than 8,000 troops took part in Vostok-2008.
MOSCOW, December 25 (RIA Novosti)
