Exercises of this scale, for which two airborne units are involved simultaneously, are held twice a year. Military pilots, performing assigned tasks, operate within a single plan.
“The crews have to destroy the airborne assault enemy, as well as provide fire support to the advancing motorized infantry tank units »
indicated in the press service.In total, 300 military personnel are involved in the maneuvers, including pilots and ground specialists.
Before departures and combat launches, the pilots received a ten-hour additional training on 3D simulators. They will have to make practical launches of unguided PCs, as well as firing 23-mm cannons and 12,7-mm machine guns at various targets at the Arzgir range.
The crews will perform tasks as part of the links on the Mi-24, Mi-8AMTSH, Ka-52 "Alligator", Mi-35, and Mi-28Н "Night Hunter" machines.