![New commander of airborne forces receives banner from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0295%2F37%2F000002953778_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmFkaW0gU2F2aXRza2lpICMyOTUzNzc4_116%3A95_sputnik-2953778-preview_025e9980edb1bd3a0ecee69258b791c5.jpg)
![New commander of airborne forces receives banner from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0295%2F37%2F000002953778_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmFkaW0gU2F2aXRza2lpICMyOTUzNzc4_116%3A95_sputnik-2953778-preview_025e9980edb1bd3a0ecee69258b791c5.jpg)
General Sergei Shoigu (left), defense Minister, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov (center), the new commander of the airborne forces, and Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov, the former new commander of the airborne forces, Duma deputy, seen at the banner ceremony.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 10.10.2016
- Date published: 10.10.2016
- Author: Vadim Savitskii
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5919x3706px, 12.4Mb