DUSHANBE, September 29, 2009, Asia-Plus — Annual training for Tajik paratroopers was successfully completed at the Fakhrobod training grounds last Sunday.
According to the French Embassy in Dushanbe, the training on parachute jumping was conducted by seven instructors from the French Air Force.
The training that was conducted from September 22 to September 27 due to personnel of the French Air Force involved an aircraft of the French Air Force contingent deployed at the Dushanbe airport.
Some 50 paratroopers of mobile forces of the Ministry of Defense and the National Guards of Tajikistan were trained, the source said.
