Major Sergey Nakazny noted that the main task of the training was the moral training of the pilots, as well as practicing accurate aiming and launching
KUBINKA /Moscow region/, March 25. /TASS/. Pilots of the Russian Knights aerobatic team conducted combat firing on Su-35S aircraft for the first time during scheduled flights together with the crews of the Strizhi aerobatic team. This was reported to journalists by the flight commander of the Russian Knights aerobatics group, Major Sergei Nakazny.
"Today we carried out practical launches of R-73 guided missiles at the Ladoga test site. The Russian Knights Aerobatics Group. We completed the task with excellent quality. The launches were carried out normally, " said Nakazny.
He noted that the main task of the training was the moral training of the pilots, as well as practicing accurate aiming and launching.
The press service of the Russian Defense Ministry clarified that the crews of the Russian Knights air group conducted combat firing on Su-35S for the first time, which was one of the final stages of retraining and mastering a new type of aviation equipment. The young crews of the "Swifts" for the first time performed practical launches of missiles at air targets.
The pilots took off from the Kubinka airfield and used air-to-air missiles at the Ladoga training ground. "Previously, one of the Su-35S aircraft dropped a parachute target that imitated a thermal target, for example, the engine of a simulated enemy aircraft," the ministry explained.
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the crews of the aerobatic teams carried out missile launches at an air target at an altitude of about 9 thousand meters. m and at a speed of about 700 km/h.
"The pilots of the Swifts also practiced landing at an operational airfield in the Republic of Karelia," the ministry said.
Aircraft
The flights were carried out on MiG-29, Su-30SM, and Su-35S aircraft. More than 10 crews of the I. N. Kozhedub Aviation Technology Display Center took part in the training.
In July 2020, it was reported that the Russian Knights aerobatic team had completed rearmament with the Su-35S. Four new aircraft were relocated from the manufacturer's factory to the air group's deployment point in Kubinka.
For the first time, Su-35S joined the group in November 2019. In 2016, Su-30SM fighters entered service.
In August, the Russian Aerospace Forces ' Strizhi aerobatic team presented a flight program on nine MiG-29 fighters for the first time at the Army 2020 forum. Earlier, the group demonstrated aerobatics on six fighters.
