Russian Air Force former chief, Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin. © RIA Novosti. Sergei Pyatakov
Medvedev Sacks Russian Air Force Commander - Kremlin -- RIA Novosti
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked Russian Air Force Commander, Colonel-General Alexander Zelin and dismissed him from military service, the Kremlin said on Friday.
Zelin, 59, has occupied the top military post for five years, during which the air force has begun to receive new aircraft and equipment in significant numbers for the first time since the end of the Soviet Union.
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