According to the instruction of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, works on enhancing combat readiness and improving social and living conditions of military personnel of the Air Force are being continued.

The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the leadership of the Ministry, as well as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral and the Military Attaché of Turkey to Azerbaijan, Brigadier General Zafer Ocak took part in the opening ceremony of the "TurAz Qartalı-2017" exercises.

Large-scale military exercises with participation of various military branches of Armed Forces started on September 18 in accordance with the plan approved by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mr.

Joint flight and tactical exercises of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey began on September 18.

F-16 Fighter aircrafts of Turkish Air Force arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in joint exercises "TurAz Qartalı-2017".

In accordance with the plan approved by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mr.

Another group of Turkish military aviation arrived in Azerbaijan to take part in joint exercises "TurAz Qartalı-2017".

A training course on international humanitarian law was held as part of the cooperation between the Ministry of Defense and the Representation of International Committee of the Red Cross in Azerbaijan for 2017.

A large group of flight and engineering-technical staff of the Turkish Air Force has arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the "TurAz Qartalı-2017" joint exercises.

Within the framework of the official visit to Israel, the delegation led by the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Colonel General Zakir Hasanov visited the leading enterprises of the defense industry of Israel.