MOSCOW HOSTS NIGHT REHEARSAL FOR MAY 9 VICTORY DAY PARADE

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 5, 2010 – 12:00 AMT 07:00 GMT

A final night rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Day parade was held in
Moscow on Tuesday, May 4, booming with the powerful roar of military
aircraft engines.

"The rehearsal consisted of two stages," said colonel lieutenant Sergei
Vlasov, spokesman for the commander of the Moscow military district.

20 aviation groups (more than 125 military planes and helicopters)
will be enabled in the parade. The aircraft will include the Russian
military transport planes Il -76, Il- 78 and An-124, accompanied
by multi-purpose Su-27 fighters, aircraft aviation special-purpose
IL-80s and A-50s, Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers and supersonic Tu-160
Blackjacks. The visitors will also see Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range
bombers, Su-25 Frogfoot attack planes, MiG-29 Fulcrum and MiG-31
Foxhound fighter jets.

Parades will be held in 61 Russian cities, Ukraine and Belarus,
RIA Novosti reported.

An Armenian company will also participate in the Moscow parade.