Russia to overhaul five military airfields in couple of years

Russia’s Aerospace Forces plan to have five airfields in the country’s southwest and Far East rebuilt in the next few years, the forces’ commander, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, said on Saturday, Sputnik reports.

"This year we plan to research the project [to renovate] the Ukrainka airfield in the Amur region and start rebuilding it next year. Renovation works are underway at the Step airfield in the Zabaikalsky region, at Mozdok in Northern Ossetia and at Baltimor in Voronezh. The reconstruction of Engels [airbase near Saratov] is in its second phase," Bondarev said.

Bondarev specified that all reconstruction works were to be concluded by the end of 2019.