Jayapura,
Papua | Tue, December 5, 2017 | 05:45 pm
A Russian
Ilyushin-76 transport plane lands at Franz Kaisiepo Airport in Biak, Papua on
Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. The plane carried Russian personnel, who will be in Biak
from Dec. 4 to 9 .
Two Russian Ilyushin-76
strategic airlifters carrying 81 military personnel arrived at Frans Kaisiepo
Airport in Biak regency, Papua on Monday and early Tuesday for exercises.
Manuhua Biak Airport
spokesperson First Lieutenant Putukade Wempy said the military personnel would
be in Biak from Dec. 4 to 9.
"They will only stay in
Biak. They won't go anywhere else,” he told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Besides the two planes that
have already arrived, Wempy said they expected two Tupelov TU-95 bomber planes.
When they arrived, there would be a total of 110 Russian military personnel in
Biak.
Manuhua Biak Air commander
Col. Fajar Adriyanto told reporters that the arrival of the planes was part of
a collaboration between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and its Russian
counterpart that included choosing Biak as the exercise location.
The planes flew directly from
Russia in 12 hours.
The Russian planes are not
equipped with radar, ammunition, or cameras as the navigation exercises would
only consist of checking the accuracy of long-distance flying over the seas, he
said.
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