The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced the beginning of joint Azerbaijani-Turkish joint air force exercise TurAz Qartalı-2022.

The opening ceremony of the exercise took place in Ganja (Ganzak) with the participation of servicemen from Azerbaijan and Turkey and Niyazi Bayramov, head of the city's executive authority.

"The ceremony included a briefing on the purpose of the exercise, training of personnel, deployment, forces involved, tasks to be performed, flight and use of aviation equipment," the defense ministry said.