During the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021", which are due to take place in September this year, military aviation will be massively used. This was announced on Tuesday during a departmental conference call by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. According to him, according to the scenario of the exercise, a difficult air situation will be created.
The head of the military department stressed that in this regard, all air personnel "must be fully prepared for action in such conditions." "It is necessary that everything involved in the exercises-airfields, helicopter pads, aviation equipment-strictly comply with the established flight safety requirements," the minister said.
Earlier, the Defense Ministry reported that the joint Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" will be the main result of the 2021 academic year in the Russian Army. Sergei Shoigu also said today that the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) will significantly increase the intensity of flights during the summer training period. For young pilots, according to him, it is necessary to determine the optimal load. "Young pilots serving in combat units will continue the practical development of aviation technology during the summer training period with increased flight intensity," the minister said.
The head of the military department instructed all commanders to take an individual approach to planning and monitoring the flight training of young specialists. He called for determining the optimal load for each young pilot, taking into account the actual level of his training and training.
On the eve of the upcoming Russian-Belarusian exercises in September, the head of the Main Department of Combat Training of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Ivan Buvaltsev, told about them. According to him, foreign countries are also invited to participate in this exercise. Their military personnel will be part of the coalition group of troops( forces), a feature of joint actions of which will be, according to the general, "achieving tactical compatibility of control bodies and troops to repel the attack of a conditional enemy and causing him defeat, which does not allow further combat operations."
Ivan Petrov
