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RUSSIAN AIR FORCE REHEARSES RED SQUARE PARADE

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MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Air Force had yet another rehearsal of a Red Square parade for the 60th WWII victory anniversary, due May 9.

The latest rehearsal, yesterday evening, was a third one since the week's start-the two previous took place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Colonel-General Alexander Zelin, the Russian Air Force Commander's deputy for aviation, was supervising the initial rehearsal. There were a mere two craft to fly over Red Square that day-a SU 27 fighter, piloted by Colonel Igor Tkachenko, and Colonel Oleg Makovetsky's SU 25 attack aircraft, Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, Russian Air Force press service chief, told RIA Novosti Tuesday.

All craft to be involved in the Victory Parade are to rehearse in the beginning of May. These will be more than ten planes of the 16th Air Army-SU 27s, MIG 29s and SU 25s, specified Colonel Drobyshevsky.

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