Armenia has participated in the opening ceremonies marking the start of the military exercises of the Joint Air Defense System of the CIS 'Military Commonwealth 2015’ at the Ashuluk training range in southern Russia’s Astrakhan region.

Air defense forces of armies of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia are the participants of these exercises.

The exercises involve more than 1,000 servicemen as well as surface-to-air defense missile systems, fighter jets, assault attack helicopters, aircraft used for close air support in ground attacks, and military transport planes.