Lipetsk goes to 5-generation: soon get the first Su-57
It is noted that the pilots of Lipetsk will be the first to master piloting of this type of fighters after test pilots from the 929 GLITS of the Chkalov Defense Ministry. The State Flight Test Center is located in Akhtubinsk.
Yuri Sushkov:
Zamgolkoma VKS RF (Commander of the Air Force of Russia), Lieutenant-General Yudin called the Lipetsk pilots the best pilots of Russia performing combat missions set by the Russian Defense Ministry, including in Syria.
Su-57, which will be delivered to Lipetsk, is equipped with engines of the so-called first stage. At the same time, tests of the newest fighters with engines of the second stage have already begun.
Meanwhile, it became known that within the framework of the re-equipment program, the Besovets airfield in the Republic of Karelia received another batch of the newest fighter jets of the 4 ++ generation Su-35С. We are talking about the five newest aircraft for the 159 th Fighter Regiment. According to some reports, the aircraft made a flight from Komsomolsk-on-Amur with several intermediate landings - at military airfields of the Novosibirsk Region and the Perm Territory. Officially, the information about these intermediate landing regions with refueling is currently not confirmed. In total, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Manufacturing Company (KnAAZ) is due to hand over 10 Su-35С to the end of the year.
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