More than 70 airplanes and helicopters took part in the rehearsal of the parade air unit.
“It will open the air system of the world's largest military transport helicopter Mi-26, accompanied by the four Mi-8. It will be followed by Mi-28Н, Mi-35, Ka-52, ”the message says.
The highlight of the air part of the parade will be a new construction: an attack group of five Far aviation. “A group of four long-range Tu-22M3 bombers will be led by the strategic missile carrier Tu-160 White Swan,” the department explained.
It is reported that “strategic bombers Tu-95MS, tankers Il-78, military transport planes An-124 and Il-76MD, fighters Su-35С, Su-ZOSM, Su-27, MiG-29, also participate in the rehearsal MiG-31BM, front-line bombers Su-34, Su-24M, attack aircraft Su-25, combat-training aircraft Yak-130 ".
To support the flights, 8 airfields are involved in Moscow, Tver, Bryansk, Saratov, Kaluga, Voronezh, Lipetsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions.
According to the information, “the flights of helicopter crews take place at an altitude of 150 meters at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, for crews of operational-tactical, long-range and military transport aviation, the height is from 300 to 500 meters, and the speed is about 500 kilometers per hour.”
The next aviation training over Moscow will take place on May 7, on the day of the parade rehearsal.
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