OREANDA-NEWS. August 11, 2008. Eighty pilots and technical specialists will fly to Sudan aboard an Il-18 military transport plane from Chikalovskiy AB (Moscow Region).

The Russian pilots in Sudan provides aviation transport for UN military observers.

The Russian Air Group (RAG) is said to include the best Russian Air Force expertise and pilots only.

Rotation of RAG in Sudan occurs to periodicity in half-year.