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Russian Air Force base in Crimea renforced with Su-27SMs and Su-30s fighter jets.
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| Russian Air Force base in Crimea renforced with Su-27SMs and four Su-30s fighter jets | |||
Fourteen
Russian fighter jets landed in Crimea’s Belbek military air base,
Capt. 1st Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev, a spokesman for Russia’s Black
Sea Fleet, told Russian news agency RIA Novosti. The fighter jets are
comprised of ten upgraded Su-27SM's and four Su-30's. All of them are
fourth-generation fighter jets. Four of the aircraft deployed in Crimea
are newly manufactured, according to Trukhachev. |
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 Sukhoi Su-27 SM Flanker fighters which will serve with the 62nd Fighter Regiment of the 27th Combined Air Division of the Russian Air Force at Belbek airfield near Sevastopol, Crimea |
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“Ten
aircraft have clocked flight hours, are maintained in good condition and
will now perform tasks in the sky above Crimea. They arrive under the
program of deployment of a full-fledged formation of Russia’s Armed
Forces,” said the spokesman.
The majority of Sevastopol residents have never seen such aircraft and are likely to notice them, Trukhachev added. Earlier it was reported that Belbek airfield will be renovated to station Russia’s modernized air forces. The Sukhoi
Su-27 (NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft
designed by the Russian Company Sukhoi. The Su-27 is armed with a single
30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 cannon in the starboard wingroot, and
has up to 10 hardpoints for missiles and other weapons. Its standard
missile armament for air-to-air combat is a mixe of Vympel R-73 (AA-11
Archer), Vympel R-27 (AA-10 'Alamo') weapons, the latter including extended
range and IR guided models. |
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