Il-38 crews of Russian Pacific Fleet train to search subs in the Arctic.

Il-38 aircraft of an anti-submarine squadron have trained to search for and track the conditional adversary’s submarines in the Arctic zone of the Pacific Fleet responsibility during a flight tactical exercise of the fleet’s naval aviation. The drills took place in Kamchatka, the information support department of the Primorye region said.

The seventh Il-38N MPA of the Russian Navy (Picture Source: russianplanes)

"One of the flight tasks was to fly to the Arctic Ocean regions where the Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft trained to search for and classify submarines on their own. They also tracked the subs with the help of radars and sonar equipment," it said.

Besides, the Il-38 crews drilled formation flying and the passage of a prescribed route in pairs as well as flying in the absence of ground radar and navigational aids.

The drill’s main task was to improve the skills of the naval aviation pilots to accomplish missions in difficult Arctic conditions as intended.

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