Moscow. January 3. INTERFAX - In 2022, the crews of shipboard Su-33 and MiG-29K/KUB fighters will continue to practice takeoffs and landings on the ground-based analog of the deck of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in Crimea, the press service of the Northern Fleet reports.
"In accordance with the flight training plan of the Northern Fleet's naval fighter regiments for 2022, the crews of the Su-33 and MiG-29K carrier-based fighters will improve their professional skills in Crimea at the ground-based engineering and technical aviation complex (NITKA)," the message says.
The THREAD is a special simulator for testing the take-off and landing of fighters, simulating the deck with the dimensions of the only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is currently undergoing repair and modernization at the 35th Ship Repair Plant (a branch of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center, part of the USC). It is expected that he will return to the Russian Navy no earlier than 2022.
The press service of the Northern Fleet recalled that in 2021, such training continued from the end of August to the middle of October - during this time, the pilots of two aviation regiments worked out the skills of landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
The MiG-29K/KUB generation 4++ naval fighters are designed to solve the tasks of air defense of naval formations, gain air supremacy, defeat surface and ground targets with guided precision weapons in all weather conditions. They are able to reach speeds of more than 2000 km / h and fly at a distance of up to 1.5 thousand km. The armament complex, located at 8 points of the external suspension, includes air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, adjustable and unguided aerial bombs, as well as a built-in 30-mm cannon.
The Su-33 single-deck fighter is designed for the defense of Navy ships from enemy air attack means. Su-33 together with MiG-29K /KUB fighters are part of the air wing of the only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
