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The 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Khotilovo began receiving Su-35S fighters
As the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on January 9, 2019, a pair of the newest multi-purpose Su-35 fighters flew from a manufacturing plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur to a permanent home base of the Western Military District located in the Tver region.
"The first crews carried out a flight over a distance of more than nine thousand kilometers with three refueling at operational airfields of the Central and Eastern military districts," - said in a statement.
The press service of the ZVO clarified that in the near future the crews of the Su-27 fighters, with which the squadron of the air regiment is armed, will begin retraining for a new type of aircraft and take up combat duty to protect the air lines of north-west Russia.
Comment bmpd. Thus, we are talking about the beginning of the arrival of Su-35S fighters in service of the 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 105th Mixed Aviation Division of the 6th Leningrad Red Banner Army Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District, stationed at the Khotilovo airfield in the Tver region. Now, the 790th regiment, according to known data, incorporates two squadrons of modernized MiG-31BM / BCM interceptor fighters and one squadron of modernized Su-27CM fighters. According to the press service of the ZVO, Su-35S fighters are arriving to re-equip a squadron of Su-27SM fighters.
Presumably, the first to arrive Borisovsky Khotilovo observed December 29, 2018 during a stopover in Perm two depart in the European part of Russia the new Su-35s with red hull numbers "15" and "17". These are the last two aircraft of the last party of four Su-35S built by the Komsomolsk-on-Amur branch of the KnAAZ them after the December 11, 2018 transfer to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Yu.A. Gagarin "PJSC" Company "Sukhoi" (part of PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation").
Recall that upon completion of the rearmament in 2018, the Su-35S fighters of the 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the same 105th Mixed Aviation Division of the 6th Leningrad Red Banner Army of the Air Force of the Air Defense Force, deployed at Besovets airfield in Karelia, at Besovets airfield In October and December 2018, four Su-35S fighters of the new construction KnAAZ with red tail numbers of the new series "11", "12", "14" and "16" additionally arrived from Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Apparently, these planes are used in Besovtse to study the personnel of the 790th Aviation Regiment and in the very near future they will also be transferred to Hotilovo.
Since the end of 2012, the Russian Aerospace Forces have received 78 Su-35S production aircraft to date.
The 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 105th Mixed Aviation Division became the fourth combat aviation regiment of the Russian Aermed Space Forces, which received Su-35C fighters. Earlier, the 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 105th Mixed Aviation Division of the 6th Leningrad Red Banner Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (Besovets, Karelia) and the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 303rd Guards Mixed Aviation Division The 11th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District (Dzemgi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Khrai) are both two-squad personnel. In addition, one Su-35S squadron is part of the 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 303rd Guards Mixed Aviation Division of the 11th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District (Central Corner, Primorsky Krai).
Source: bmpd.livejournal.com
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