Pilots of the Baltic
Fleet’s fighter aircraft regiment practiced intercepting air targets and
delivering strikes against a notional enemy’s facilities.
KALININGRAD, January
28. /TASS/. Pilots of the Baltic Fleet’s fighter aircraft regiment stationed in
Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad Region practiced intercepting air targets and
delivering strikes against a notional enemy’s facilities, the Fleet’s press
office reported on Monday.
"The crews of
Su-27 fighter planes performed elements of aerobatic maneuvers and training
missions to intercept high-speed targets in the sky over the Kaliningrad Region
and practiced measures for the forceful landing of a notional enemy’s aircraft
on an aerodrome," the Fleet’s press office said in a press release.
Meanwhile, the crews
of Su-30SM multirole fighter jets of the Baltic Fleet’s naval aviation
practiced delivering simulated air strikes against naval and ground targets at
the Fleet’s sea and land ranges. The pilots practiced attacks against the
targets simulating a notional enemy’s warships, the Fleet’s press office said.
Overall, the drills
involved more than ten aircraft of the Baltic Fleet’s naval aviation.
The drills follow an
incident over the Baltic Sea, in which a Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted
a US P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane, as was reported by Russia’s Defense
Ministry on Monday.
The airspace control
equipment registered a target over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea
approaching the Russian state border, the ministry said.
"A quick
reaction alert Su-27 fighter jet from the Air Defense Force was scrambled to
intercept the target in the air. The Russian fighter’s crew approached the air
object at a safe distance and identified it as a P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance
plane of the US Air Force," the ministry noted.
The Russian plane
subsequently returned to its home airbase, the ministry said.
The Defense
Ministry’s newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda reported on January 25 that fighter jets
of the Russian Aerospace Force were scrambled twice over the week to prevent
violations of the country’s airspace. According to the paper, the fighter
aircraft thwarted an attempt to breach Russia’s airspace.
Source: ITAR-TASS
29-01-2019
