Aviation units of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces have been alerted in the course of the unannounced combat readiness inspection of the Airborne formations and units.

More than 20 Il-76 aircraft of two transport aviation regiments have been projected to operational airfield of the Moscow region to transport servicemen and up to 40 pieces of hardware of the Airborne units to Orenburg regions.

The strategic command-and-staff training started on March 22, 2016. In accordance to the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, unannounced combat readiness inspection has started in the Airborne troops.

In total, about 30,000 servicemen, more than 3,800 pieces of armament and military hardware, and more than 100 aircraft are involved in the combat readiness inspection.