May 04 2010
More than 200 U.S. military aircraft have carried troops and military cargo to Afghanistan through Russian airspace since a July 2009 agreement permitted such overflights, Interfax-AVN reports.
In mid-March, a U.S. official said more than 100 such flights had taken place. On average, two Afghanistan-bound airplanes reportedly take the air corridor each day.
Nearly 20,000 U.S. servicemen have been airlifted to date to Afghanistan through Russian airspace.
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