DUSHANBE, November 26, 2015, Asia-Plus – Helicopter pilots of the Russian 201st military base deployed in Tajikistan have rehearsed the nap-of-the-earth tactics with use of mountainous landscape and counterflak maneuvers.

According to the Russian Central Military District press center, the Mi-8MTV transport helicopters have acted under the cover of two Mi-24P attack helicopters.

We will recall that Russia has deployed Mi-24P attack helicopters to reinforce its military base in Tajikistan.  A new air group consisting of Mi-24P attack and Mi-8MTV transport and combat helicopters is based at the Ayni airfield in Hisor district, 30 kilometers of Dushanbe.

The Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan is Russia''s largest non-naval military facility outside the country.  It was officially opened in Tajikistan in 2004 under a previous agreement, which was signed in 1993, and hosts Russia’s largest military contingent deployed abroad.

A total of some 7,000 Russian troops are now stationed at two military facilities collectively known as the 201st military base - in Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa, some 100 kilometers from Dushanbe.