Aviation of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Southern Military District and the Black Sea Fleet began to perform joint tasks

CrimeaPRESS reports:

More than 50 aircraft of operational-tactical aviation of the Air Force and Air Defense formation of the Southern Military District (SMD) were relocated to operational airfields to perform joint tasks with the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) during scheduled tactical flight exercises (LTU) aviation units of the Southern Military District. This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District.

Squadrons of operational-tactical aviation of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Southern Military District will have to work out interaction with the naval aviation forces of the Black Sea Fleet. Flight crew of Su-27SM, Su-24SM fighters and Su-24 bombers M and Su-34 during the LTU will perform missile launches and bombing at sea targets, the crews need to confirm the ability to fly in a difficult jamming environment in the absence of support for ground guidance and control systems, as well as flights to maximum low altitude above the water surface, the message says.

In addition, the pilots of the Southern Military District will perform the tasks of escorting shipborne strike groups and actions as part of reconnaissance strike complexes while ensuring security in the Black Sea.

Flight tactical exercises are aimed at increasing the level of combat and operational training of troops and forces of the military district, improving the forms and methods of conducting exercises, classes and training, taking into account the current situation within the boundaries of responsibility , the press clarifies -service.

Recall that bilateral company tactical exercises with reinforced companies of battalion tactical groups of combined arms armies, the Caspian flotilla and the army corps of the Southern Military District started at the training grounds of the Southern Military District.