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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Russia, Ukraine Revise Nitka Facility Lease


Nazyemniy Ispitateiniy Treynirovochniy Kompleks Aviatsii (NITKA)
Russia and Ukraine signed on Monday a protocol on amendments to an agreement on the rent of facilities on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula for training of Russian carrier pilots.

In line with a 1997 bilateral agreement, Russia occasionally uses the Nitka Naval Pilot Training Center in Ukraine as the only training facility for its carrier pilots.

“During a meeting of a subcommittee [of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission], the sides signed a protocol on the use of the Ukrainian Nitka training facility by the Russian military,” Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said.

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