32-th separate transport Mixed Aviation Regiment of the Central Military District, stationed at the airport Koltsovo (Ekaterinburg), received two last produced in Voronezh aircraft An-148-100E. It is reported by a blog bmpd with reference to the press service of the CVO.
As reported by the press service of the district, 18 January of this year, the last two AN-148-100 were received on state defense orders in a separate transport aviation regiment mixed, stationed in the Sverdlovsk Region. flight crews, get the car in Voronezh and flew to Yekaterinburg, previously passed retraining on new aircraft. An-148-100 will be used for operational and transportation workers CVO command groups in the county area of responsibility during the exercises and training.
In this way, According bmpd, the Central Military District received 14 and 15 An-148-100E, built JSC “Voronezh Aircraft Company” (VASO) VCS for Russia under the contract 15 Russian Defense Ministry aircraft, signed in 2013 year.
All 15 An-148-100E, transmitted by videoconferencing with Russia 2013 of the year, distributed over various parts of the districts and: nine are part of the 8 th Air Division Task aerodrome Chkalovsky (Moscow region), two – in the 33rd individual transport Mixed Aviation Regiment of the 6th Army Air Force and Air Defense ZVO (Levasheva, Leningrad region), two – in the 30 th Independent Mixed transport aviation regiment of the 4th of the Red Army Air Force and Air Defense YUVO (Rostov-on-Don), and the last two – in the 32 th Independent Mixed transport aviation regiment of the Central Military District (Koltsovo, Ekaterinburg).
Further production of An-148 aircraft in Voronezh frozen.
AN-148 – short-haul passenger aircraft, can perform a range of non-stop flights from 2 to 5 thousands of kilometers, adapted for landing on ground airfields. The cruising speed is 800-870 kilometers per hour. Modification An-148-100E capable of carrying 68-85 a person at a distance of 4000-4400 km.
