"Pilots
of the Northern Fleet’s shipborne fighter jet aviation regiment
held flight tactical exercises with the practical launch of air-to-air
missiles. The drills were held at the naval aviation’s combat
training ranges over the Barents Sea. Several dozen flights by deck-based
Su-33 [NATO reporting name: Flanker-D] fighters were performed,"
said Fleet spokesman Capitan First Rank Vadim Serga.
The pilots repelled an imaginary enemy’s attack on a group of
combat ships and performed elements of an air fight, the spokesman said.
"For the first time in 2015, young pilots took part in the tactical
drills. The pilots performed missions both solely and in pairs, wings
and groups. Apart from practicing combat training assignments, they
developed the skills of flying over the featureless terrain and performed
the tasks of crew teamwork in ordinary and complex weather conditions,
the spokesman said. |
