Also during the exercises, the crews of fighters and bombers will perform missile launches and bombing at sea targets
ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 17. /TASS/. As part of the control check, the crews of the Su-25SM3 attack aircraft were relocated from the airfield in the Stavropol Territory to the operational airfields of the Crimea, and the squadron of aircraft was also relocated to the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. In total, more than 50 aircraft were involved in these events, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported.
"The crews of the Su-25SM3 aviation unit of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District (SE), stationed in Stavropol, have been relocated to the operational airfields of the Crimea. In turn, the Su-25SM3 squadron of the association of the Air Force and air defense of the Southern Military District was relocated from the military airfield in the Crimea to the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region as part of a control check for the winter training period. In total, more than 50 aircraft of the operational and tactical aviation of the Air Force and Air Defense Association and the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet are involved in the combat training activities," the report says.
Also during the planned flight tactical exercises, the crews of Su-27SM, Su-30SM fighters and Su-24M, Su-25SM3 and Su-34 bombers will perform missile launches and bombing at sea targets. The pilots will also confirm the ability to perform flights in difficult weather conditions and flights at extremely low altitude above the water surface.
"In addition, the pilots of the two associations perform tasks of accompanying ship strike groups and actions as part of reconnaissance strike complexes while ensuring security in the Black Sea," the press service added.
The control check of the troops of the Southern Military District for the winter period is carried out according to the plan of training of troops for 2021. It involves the troops of all the associations of the district, including the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla.
