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Russian Air Force to practice destruction of ground-based targets at Lipetsk training center 0510113.
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Russian Air Force to practice destruction of ground-based targets at Lipetsk
training center. |
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Tactical
exercises will be held at the Lipetsk Chkalov pilot training center of
the Russian Defense Ministry on October 3-7, Air Force spokesman Col.
Vladimir Drik told Interfax-AVN. "About 2,000 servicemen and various
types of fighters, assault jets, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, long-range
aircraft, transport and specialized jets, among them Sukhoi Su-27, Su-24
and Su-25, Mikoyan MiG-29, Sukhoi Su-34, Tupolev Tu-22M3, A-50 and Ilyushin
Il-76, will be involved in the training," he said. |
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 Russian air Force SU-27S fighter aircraft (NATO code Flanker B) |
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The exercises will take place at five training ranges to practice tactics
of the destruction of land-based targets by mixed aviation groups and
interception of air-based targets by Mikoyan MiG-31 and Mig-29SMT and
Sukhoi Su-27SM jets. The pilots will practice air combat and dominance
over large enemy forces, actions of mixed groups of fighter jets against
air-based targets, in-flight fueling, suppression of enemy air defense and aircraft with radio-electronic warfare instruments, he said. "An A-50 jet and a ground control station will supervise the actions of the aircraft," he said. The exercises will involve airfields and units of the Western and Southern Military Districts. They will assist the development of methods of joint operation of various types of aircraft and automated control systems, Drik said. |
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 Russian Air Force Mig-29 fighter aircraft (NATO Code Fulcrum) |
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