VLADIVOSTOK, October 4 - RIA Novosti. Military personnel of Russia and Mongolia for the first time at the international exercises "Selenga-2021" conduct joint flights on Mi-8 helicopters, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.
"At the joint Russian–Mongolian exercise Selenga-2021, which takes place on the territory of Mongolia, the army aviation of the Air Force is involved, the flight crew of which for the first time performs flights together with pilots of the Mongolian Air Force on Mi-8 helicopters," the message says.
The personnel of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Mongolian Air Force jointly conduct flight training, maintenance of aviation equipment and exchange experience.
The complexity of training flights lies in the fact that the nAlaykh airfield, where aviation equipment is temporarily based, and the Doityn Am training ground are located in a high-altitude area – at an altitude of more than 1.6 thousand meters above sea level. The conditions of accommodation require special training from the flight crew in piloting techniques.
For the first time, aviators will perform a new tactical technique "Ticks". The aviation link is divided in the air, after which, from two opposite flanks, helicopters simultaneously enter the combat course in pairs.
For the first time at Selenga, Mi-8 helicopters will simultaneously work out one of the most difficult elements for the evacuation of the wounded from the training battlefield. Also, for the first time, aerial mining of terrain areas will take place.
In addition, during the stage of combat operations, Mi-8AMTSh "Terminator" helicopters will deliver tactical troops of friendly countries to a given area to destroy a conditional "enemy".
The military exercises "Selenga-2021" take place in difficult climatic conditions of the mountainous steppe terrain. From the Russian side, it involves units of the combined arms association of the VVO, stationed in Buryatia. In total, up to 1.5 thousand servicemen take part in the exercises and more than 200 units of combat and special equipment are involved.
"Selenga" has been held annually since 2008. Initially, tactical exercises with live firing took place, they were called "dArkhan" (translated from Mongolian - "Builder"). In 2011, the maneuvers were renamed after the name of the river originating in Mongolia, flowing through the territory of Buryatia and flowing into Lake Baikal, and received an anti-terrorist orientation.