Training flights of anti-submarine naval aviation helicopters of the Baltic Fleet
At the airport in the village of Donskoye, Kaliningrad Region, where a separate naval anti-submarine helicopter squadron of the sea is currently deployed aviation Of the Baltic fleet regular training flights took place. The units are armed with Ka-27 helicopters in anti-submarine (Ka-27PL) and search and rescue versions (Ka-27PS). During the training flights, the crews worked out anti-submarine exercises (search for a conventional enemy submarine using an onboard sonar system) and search and rescue tasks (raising a conditional victim from the ground).
According to the press service of the Western Military District in the 2012 school year, the pilots made more than 250 landings of Ka-27 ship-based helicopters on the decks of the fleet ships. Squadron crews performed more than 1,5 thousand flights, 40% of them - at night. The total flight time of the pilots of the aviation unit was over 1,8 in thousands of hours, and the average flight time of each pilot was over 80 hours. As part of combat training with helicopter pilots, more than 60 training sessions were conducted to find and detect conditional enemy submarines during the day and night, as well as to search and rescue people in distress at sea, lifting them aboard from the surface of the water.
According to the press service of the Western Military District in the 2012 school year, the pilots made more than 250 landings of Ka-27 ship-based helicopters on the decks of the fleet ships. Squadron crews performed more than 1,5 thousand flights, 40% of them - at night. The total flight time of the pilots of the aviation unit was over 1,8 in thousands of hours, and the average flight time of each pilot was over 80 hours. As part of combat training with helicopter pilots, more than 60 training sessions were conducted to find and detect conditional enemy submarines during the day and night, as well as to search and rescue people in distress at sea, lifting them aboard from the surface of the water.
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