Ekaterinburg. October 12. INTERFAX - The exercise involving MiG-31BM interceptor fighters, Su-34 bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft of the Central Military District (CVO) began in the Chelyabinsk Region, as well as in the Perm and Krasnoyarsk Territories, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.
"The tactical flight exercise of the Central Military Aviation Division will be completed in mid-October, it involves about 20 aircraft of three aviation regiments and about 500 military personnel," the report says.
It is noted that as part of the first stage of the exercise in the Chelyabinsk region, Perm and Krasnoyarsk territories, about 20 aircraft took off on an alarm signal. The crews of MiG-31 interceptors, Su-34 bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft brought combat vehicles out from under the airstrike of a conditional enemy and flew to alternate airfields, covering a total of about 3.5 thousand kilometers.
At the main stage of the exercise, the pilots of the Su-24MR will work out the tasks of aerial reconnaissance and opening up the areas of the "enemy" deployment, and the crews of the Su-34 will bomb infrastructure facilities, fortifications and firepower of the conditional enemy. The air cover of the areas will be carried out by MiG-31 interceptor fighters, having worked out the detection, escort, destruction and enforcement of landing of "violators" of air borders, the Central Military District specifies.
The Su-34 was developed by sUkhoi (part of the United Aircraft Corporation), and has been mass-produced since 2005. Designed to defeat enemy ground and air targets at any time of the day or night under any meteorological conditions. The Su-34 uses long-range air-to-surface and air-to-air guided weapons. The flight range is up to four thousand km, the flight speed is up to 1900 km / h. The combat load of the aircraft is up to eight tons. The crew of the Su-34 is two people.
The supersonic MiG-31 is designed for long-term patrolling and combating high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, strategic bombers and low-flying targets. The aircraft is capable of simultaneously hitting six and escorting up to ten aerial targets.
