Congratulations from the Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin on the occasion of the Air Force Day

In his congratulatory address to military aviators and Air Force veterans, Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin said: “Today on August 12 our country is celebrating the Air Force Day which is a symbol of long heroic service to the Motherland and devoted fulfillment of the military duty. For all times aviation was and still is the most mobile and maneuverable kind of the Russian Army which decently secures the safety of the country and protects its interests at the air borders.

The history of military aviation is inseparable from the heroic past of our great country. Military pilots and aeronavigators and aviation specialists are decent successors of the best traditions of the Russian Army.

Multi-thousand teams of aircraft enterprises are making a huge contribution into development and improvement of Russian Air Force.

I congratulate all residents of the republic with the Air Force Day and wish you prosperity, good health and further success at your work for the benefit of Russia.”