As specified by the newspaper "Red Star", the aircraft were delivered ahead of schedule
MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. The MiG-35S multi-purpose fighters were delivered to the troops as part of the state defense order. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation leads on Friday in the newspaper "Red Star".
"The MiG-35S have been delivered to the troops," the infographic says.
As the newspaper clarifies, the planes were delivered ahead of schedule.
The contract for the supply of six MiG-35s until 2023 was signed by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko and the head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar on August 22, 2018 at the Army-2018 forum in Kubinka, near Moscow.
The MiG-35 is the latest multi-purpose fighter of the 4++ generation, which is a further development of the MiG-29K/KUB and MiG-29M/M2 aircraft. The beginning of flight tests and the international presentation of the car took place in January 2017, in December of the same year, its factory tests were completed. The fighter is designed to operate in high-intensity armed conflict zones in conditions of a saturated and layered enemy air defense system.
