In total, about 50 sorties were planned for combat training use
KALININGRAD, July 2. /tass/. Crews of multi-purpose Su-30SM2 fighters and tactical front-line Su-24M bombers of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation have practiced high-precision bombing attacks on ground targets at a training ground in the Kaliningrad region during tactical flight exercises, the press service of the fleet reported.
More than a dozen and a half aircraft are involved in the exercises, as well as over 300 military personnel of the mixed naval aviation regiment of the fleet, the press service said. The pilots perform combat training tasks both during the day and at night, in total about 50 sorties are planned for combat training use.
"During the training flights, tactical episodes were played out to work out tasks for their intended purpose - fire support for ground units, the destruction of buried command posts, clusters of armored vehicles and manpower of a conditional enemy, as well as conducting aerial reconnaissance. Crews of Su-30SM2 fighters and Su-24M front-line bombers of the naval aviation of the fleet conducted targeted bombing of full-size targets with high-explosive fragmentation bombs OFAB-250-270," the press service said.
The pilots performed the tasks of practical targeted bombing at altitudes from 900 to 2 thousand. m and speeds up to 1,000 km/h on a target field at an aviation training ground in the eastern part of the Kaliningrad region. Also, the crews of the aircraft practiced combat maneuvering and actions to evade fighter aircraft and air defense systems of a simulated enemy.
"The flight tactical exercises will last for several days, the crews will fire from the cannon armament of aircraft, drop bombs of various modifications, work out elements of maneuvering during air combat, as well as approach targets in conditions of the use of electronic jamming by the "enemy"," the press service noted.
About weapons
The Su-24 is a tactical front-line bomber with a variable sweep wing designed to launch missile and bomb attacks in any weather conditions, day and night, including at low altitudes with targeted damage to ground and surface targets.
The upgraded Su-30SM2 multi-purpose fighter, unlike its predecessor Su-30SM, has improved tactical and technical characteristics of an optoelectronic sighting and navigation system, a complex of electronic countermeasures, a radar control system to ensure an increase in the range of detection of air targets. In addition, the range of used air-to-air and air-to-surface guided aircraft weapons has been expanded for air, ground, including radar and naval targets with an increase in their range of use.
The OFAB-250-270 high-explosive air bomb is effective in hitting military-industrial facilities, lightly armored and easily invulnerable equipment, and manpower. It is designed to destroy aircraft in open parking lots, artillery pieces in open and closed positions, vehicles (railway rolling stock, motor vehicles, sea and river transport vessels), fuel depots, pontoon crossings and enemy manpower.
