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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Two Navy bomber regiments to join Air Force in 2008
Two regiments of Tu-22M Backfire strategic bombers currently under Navy command are set to become part of the Russian Air Force by the end of 2008, a senior Air Force official said Monday.
"We are planning to reassign two regiments of naval strategic bombers, which will join the 37th Air Army of the Strategic Command as part of major structural and organizational changes to bring the status of long-range aviation to a strategic level," the newly appointed Chief of the Air Force General Staff, Lieutenant General Igor Khvorov, said.
At present, the regiments are involved in joint combat training with strategic aviation units of the Russian Air Force, he said.
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