MOSCOW. Oct 20 (Interfax) - The Russian air force unit to be stationed in Tajikistan will include up to 20 warplanes and helicopters, the Russian Defense Ministry told Interfax on Wednesday. "Russian attack planes and fighters, and also fire-support helicopter gunships Mi-24 and Mi-8 should be deployed at the Aini airfield 20 kilometers from Dushanbe in 2005," the Interfax source said.
The deployment of the Russian air unit at the Aini airfield is stipulated by agreements on setting up a Russian military base in Tajikistan that were recently signed between Moscow and Dushanbe. http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10712930