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Towards the end of the year In 2022, the number of contract soldiers in the airborne forces will increase to 80% of the total, he said in an interview with the Russian newspaper of the Ministry of Defense Krasnaya Zvezda. Commander of the Airborne Forces Andrei Serdyukov.
He noted that more than 27,000 contract soldiers currently serve in the air force – this number has increased 3.5 times since 2012. In addition, more than 65% of contract soldiers have higher and secondary vocational education.
“Today, more than 80% of soldiers conclude second and subsequent contracts and more than 30% of soldiers performing military service on military service decide on the first contracts with additional military service with airborne forces,” he stressed.
In addition, Serdyukov said that in 2021 more than 300 units of weapons, military and special equipment and more than 12 thousand sets of landing gear and parachute systems.
On August 2, we commemorate the 91st anniversary of the Air Force.