The remains of the MiG-29 of the Air Force of Azerbaijan and a military pilot Lieutenant Colonel Atakishiyev Rashad Saleddin, which crashed during scheduled night training flights on July 24, were found and lifted from the bottom of the sea.

On 21 August 2019, the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in accordance with its mandate plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring exercise on the LOC, in the direction of Goygol region.

Regular Command and Staff Exercises began in accordance with the “Plan for the combat coordination of the Nakhchivan military garrison troops for the 2019 year”.

A “black box” flight recorder of the MiG-29 of the Air Force of Azerbaijan that was crashed during the nighttime training flights has been found and recovered from the water.

Azerbaijan Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, who is on a visit to Moscow, has watched a competition between the teams that qualified for the finals of the “Tank Biathlon” contest organized at the Alabino training ground on August 17 – the final day of the International Army Games-2019, and took part in the awards ceremony for servicemen who became winners.

The rocket-artillery ship "Mangystau" of the Naval Forces of Kazakhstan that arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the "Sea Cup-2019" international contest has left Baku Port on August 17.

The small-size gunnery ships "Volgodonsk" and "Makhachkala" of the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy and the missile boats "Peykan" and "Joshan" of the Naval Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran that arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the "Sea Cup-2019" international contest have left Baku Port on August 16.

According to the plan of combat training for 2019 approved by the Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Force of Azerbaijan conducted live-fire exercises.

On August 17, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov will take part in the closing ceremony of the International Army Games - 2019 that will be held at the Alabino military range near Moscow.

The “Military Medical Relay Race” contest held as part of the International Army Games-2019 in Uzbekistan, ended with conducting the team championship.