Crews of three types of aircraft performed about two hundred refueling from the IL-78 air tanker during exercises in the Chelyabinsk region.
MiG-31BM interceptor fighters, Su-34 bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance planes took part in the training. "The pilots worked out paired and single refueling day and night at an altitude of 4000 to 7000 meters," the press service of the Central Military District reports.
They performed this complex element at a speed of 600-700 kilometers per hour, approaching the tanker at a distance of up to ten meters. The tanker controlled the speed and altitude of the flight, the distance between the aircraft and the sequence of approaches to the IL-78.
A total of 13 aircraft units, as well as about two hundred military personnel, were involved in the two-week tactical flight exercise.
Tatiana Vorobyova
