On 1 October 2018, events took place at Aleksevka Air Base near Tbilisi on the occasion of Georgian Air Force Day in the presence of Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Georgian Defense Minister Levan Izoria, and the Chief of Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, Major General Vladimir Chachibaya. During the events, the Mistral Atlas short-range air missile systems manufactured by MBDA was displayed on French-made ACMAT VLRA 2 vehicles.
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| MBDA Mistral ATLAS short-range anti-aircraft missile systems on Arquus ACMAT VLRA 2 chassis received by Georgia. On the left: TRS Ground Master GM403 on Renault Trucks Defense chassis. Aleksevka, 1st October 2018. (Picture source: Ministry of Defense of Georgia) |