Today Belarus celebrates the Air Force Day. According to tradition, the holiday is held on the third Sunday in August. In 2001, the two branches of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces were united into one unit. The main victories of pilots were, of course, during the Great Patriotic War. On this day they also remember Vladimir Karvat, who died in peacetime, taking his airplane away from populated areas. There are examples of courage these days as well. Major Andrei Nichiporchik and Lieutenant Nikita Kukonenko crashed their Yak-130 aircraft near Baranovichi nearly three months ago. The pilots didn't leave the aircraft until the very last moment and drove it away from residential buildings at the cost of their lives. In memory of the victims, a memorial will be built at the crash site.
Air Force Day celebrated in Belarus
15 августа 2021












