Separate naval fighter air regiment of the Northern Fleet started training in Crimea. Fighter regiment made a flight from the place of deployment in the Murmansk region on the Crimean peninsula. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.
The crews of the MiG-29K shipborne separate Fighter Regiment SF made a flight to the Crimean airfield Saki, breaking more 2,5 thousands of kilometers. Fighters will work technique takeoff and landing on the ground test training complex (THREAD). As noted in the Ministry of Defense, the pilots of the regiment to go through a complete cycle of preparation for landing on aircraft carrier. Fighters will stay in the Crimea for a month.
Fighter pilots flew from the Murmansk region in the Republic of Crimea with a total length more 2 500 kilometers. In the near future, the crews have to pass a test on the theoretical training, and proceed directly to the operation with a training complex
– according to a defense department report.
THREAD – It is located near the town of Saki ground test training complex carrier-based aircraft. The complex is intended for testing pilots of carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing aircraft equipment on the deck of an aircraft carrier. In exactly the same deck of the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov, equipped with springboard and arresting gear . acts with 1982 of the year.
Last year, it was reported, that the second “land an aircraft carrier”, built under the Yeisk, It will be used for the training of new staff and testing of aeronautical engineering perspective.
