Russian military base in Armenia changes to summer operating mode

The personnel of the Russian military base in Armenia have begun preparing arms and military equipment (AME) for the summer operating mode, the press service of the Southern Military District reported.Given the long-term weather forecasts  made by military meteorologists, the temperature in the high mountain training complexes Alagyaz and Kamhud during the summer months will reach 40 degrees.In preparing AME for the summer operating conditions, all types of arms, vehicles and aircrafts are serviced. Depending on the type of weapons, up to 50 technical operations can be performed for each unit of standard equipment, and 100 operations for each of the MiG-29 aircraft. The activities have been designed to ensure the reliability and readiness of AME in the summer period, which officially will start in the Southern Military District on June 1.