Pilots of the Monchegorsk air group keep the air border of the Arctic Circle
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Pilots of the air group of the Voronezh air base of the command of the Air Force (Air Force) and air defense (AD) of the Western Military District, stationed near the city of Monchegorsk (Murmansk region), completed the next flight shift.
From the Monchegorsk airfield, flights were carried out by more than 20 crews of the MIG-31, MIG-25 and Su-24. The pilots practiced piloting skills in conducting long-range and close-range air combat with an “enemy” plane using offensive and defensive maneuvers in all height ranges (from 200 to 15000 meters), performed elements of complex and advanced aerobatics, as well as combat training exercises for intercepting high-speed high-flying targets.
In addition, one of the crews made a combat mission in order to control the flight of a reconnaissance aircraft of the base patrol aviation "Orion" of the Norwegian Air Force, which monitored the maneuvers of the naval strike group of the Northern missile ships fleetpracticing interaction and combat exercises at a marine training ground.
The main tasks assigned to the personnel of the Monchegorsk Air Group are to protect the state border of the Russian Federation and control the airspace over the Barents Sea.
To date, her pilots have spent more than 1000 hours in the air, fulfilling the tasks of combat patrols and training flights.
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