Moscow. April 22. INTERFAX-The crews of the long-range anti-submarine aircraft and a separate mixed aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet (SF) have practiced refueling in the air over the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.
"The crews of the Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft of the Northern Fleet, as well as the pilots of a separate mixed aviation regiment on MiG-31 interceptor fighters and Su-24 bombers worked out refueling in the air during flights over the Arctic from the Il-78 tanker," the report says.
It is noted that during the exercise, the pilots worked two flight shifts day and night. Training on aerial refueling will continue until the end of the week, the SF reported.
According to the fleet headquarters, training flights were carried out over the Kola Peninsula and the Barents Sea
"The planes took off from the airfields of the Northern Fleet located in the Murmansk region, and returned there after practicing aerial refueling," the press service of the fleet reported.
The aerial refueling exercises were conducted as part of the final stage of the command and staff exercise to resolve crisis situations in the Arctic, which is being held in the Northern Fleet under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov, the fleet said.
The Tu-142 is a long-range anti-submarine defense aircraft, one of the largest in the world. It is designed to combat submarines of a likely enemy, create and control long-range anti-submarine lines for a long time. According to the NATO codification-Bear-F. The practical range of the Tu-142 is 12550 km, the combat range is 6400 km.
Russian strategic aviation-Tu-160 and Tu-95MS, as well as anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 and Il-38 regularly fly over the waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean.
