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Russian Navy Naval Aviation Received Another Batch of Su-30SM Fighter Aircraft.

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Naval Aviation News - Russia
 
 
 
Russian Navy Naval Aviation Received Another Batch of Su-30SM Fighter Aircraft
 
A separate naval air attack regiment of the Russian Navy has received several Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO reporting name: Flanker-C) multirole fighters today, with one of them named "Irkutsk", the Russian Defense Ministry told journalists.
     
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Su-30SM Aircraft (number 45, named "Irkutsk") belonging to separate naval air attack regiment of the Russian Navy.
     
"We are the first unit of the Russian Navy’s air arm to have converted to the Su-30SM fighter. We like the capabilities of the aircraft. It is natural, therefore, that one of the warplanes in our regiment’s inventory will bear the name of the city of Irkutsk, from which the Su-30SM hails," the Defense Ministry’s press office quoted regimental commanding officer Andrei Kiselyov as saying.

The press office explained that the decision to name the fighter Irkutsk had been made by the Naval Aviation commander.

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Su-30SM Aircraft (number 45, named "Irkutsk") belonging to separate naval air attack regiment of the Russian Navy.
     
Navy Recognition's comment:
Russia will replace all of its Su-24 Fencer bomber jets operating in the Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean Peninsula with Su-30SM Flanker multirole fighters by 2020, the head of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Naval Aviation said Thursday.

According to Irkut Corporation, Su-30SM are super maneuverable twin engine jets, equipped with phased array radar, thrust vectoring engines and canards. The fighter is able to use modern "air-to-air" and "air-to-surface" high-precision weapons.

The Russian Navy Su-30SM are not intended for the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov but operate from naval aviation bases on land. They have a two-tone dark gray camouflage and bear a St. Andrew's flag (Russian Navy Ensign) painting by the cockpit.
 

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