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In the area of operation conducts combat work military aviation of Russia, in particular, supersonic fighter-interceptor long-range MiG-31. One of the attacks of such a plane told her a direct participant.
The video of his story and footage of one of sorties published the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.
It the pilot of the Russian MiG-31 told the details of the destruction of the su-24 bomber of the Ukrainian air force during the fighting in the RAID. Enemy aircraft detected the radar of our fighters during a patrol the airspace in the area of BAST, tried to get away from the blow, but it did not work. Su-24, as belonging to the Ukrainian air force confirmed in the Russian control, was shot down with a missile of class "air-air", released the pilot of the MiG-31 VKS of the Russian Federation.
- said the commander of the crew of the MiG-31.
A feature of this aircraft is its simplicity to weather conditions and the ability to operate at high altitudes. Its supersonic cruising speed is 2.5 thousand kilometers per hour.