General Vladimir Mikhailov told the ITAR-TASS news agency that the runway will be extended to accommodate all type of aircraft at the Kant air base, about 20 kilometers east of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.
ITAR-TASS says the base now has about 500 officers and servicemen, 20 Sukhoi jet fighters and fighter-bombers.
Russia opened the Kant base in October 2003 -- its first new military base on foreign soil since the Soviet collapse.
(AP)
ITAR-TASS says the base now has about 500 officers and servicemen, 20 Sukhoi jet fighters and fighter-bombers.
Russia opened the Kant base in October 2003 -- its first new military base on foreign soil since the Soviet collapse.
(AP)
