Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet
Russia to create Su-30SM fighter aircraft
squadron on western flank
November 23, 2017, 12:05UTC+3
The new aircraft will replace Mikoyan
MiG-29SMT fighter jets
MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/. A combat squadron of Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets will be formed in Russia’s Western Military District in 2018, the District’s press office reported on Thursday.
The aviation unit will get fighter jets for the new
squadron in the Kursk Region from the Irkut Aircraft Corporation.
"The military unit’s engineering and technical
personnel has already accepted a new batch of aircraft at the manufacturing
enterprise and prepared them for their fly-over more than 5,000 km long,"
the press office said.
The new aircraft will replace Mikoyan MiG-29SMT fighter
aircraft under the rearmament program.
Another combat squadron armed with new-generation fighter
jets is planned to be formed in the Western Military District in 2018.
The Su-30SM super-maneuverable fighter is designed to
gain air superiority, disable hostile aerodromes in the enemy’s depth, destroy
aerial, ground and sea targets, including at night and in adverse weather
conditions. The aircraft is capable of using advanced and future air-to-air and
air-to-surface precision weapons.
Original post: tass.com
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