The pilots have
undergone the required training for flights in the Extreme North.
MOSCOW, November 8.
/TASS/. Arctic helicopters of Russia’s Eastern Military District have set off
for the easternmost aerodrome of Anadyr where they will carry out constant
patrols, the District’s press office reported on Friday.
"The
Mi-8AMTSh-VA helicopters, which are capable of operating in Arctic conditions
and have recently arrived for an army aviation large unit of the Eastern
Military District stationed in Khabarovsk, have set off for their permanent
base, the Ugolniye Kopi aerodrome in the town of Anadyr," the press office
said in a statement.
The flight crews of
the new rotorcraft will carry out year-round patrols, changing each other, the
press office specified.
The Mi-8AMTSh-VA
choppers will replace Mi-8AMTSh ‘Terminator’ transport and attack rotorcraft,
which have been performing missions for cargo and personnel delivery in the
Arctic for several years now.
Therefore, the air
group that makes flights to Cape Schmidt and Wrangel Island will be reinforced
with rotorcraft suited for local climatic conditions.
The helicopters have
been delivered to the army aviation large unit in Khabarovsk from the flight
personnel combat employment and re-training center in the town of Torzhok in
the central Russian Tver Region. The pilots have undergone the required
training for flights in the Extreme North.
Source: ITAR-TASS
08-11-2019
