Russian Aerospace Forces creation to be completed by summer 2015

Source  : http://www.siberianinsider.com

Russia’s Aerospace Forces will be formed by the summer of 2015. They will comprise aviation, air defense and missile defense forces, as well as space forces, a high-ranking source in the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Thursday.

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force Viktor Bondarev told reporters earlier that it was planned to create the Aerospace Forces by the beginning of 2016.

“The decision to form the Aerospace Forces by including the Air Force and Aerospace Defense Forces in full strength was made at the highest level, the organizational activities are currently underway and the new branch of the Armed Forces is to start functioning from the summer of 2015,” the source said