Pavel Taran strategic bomber, on the photo, takes part in the exercise of long-range aircraft of Russia.
Photo: Vladimir Persiyanov
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Russia’s Long-Range Jets to Reach Indian Ocean
Officers in the RF Air Force are deliberating on potential flights of strategic jets to the Indian Ocean where they would interact with Russia’s Navy, said Air Force Commander-in-Chief General-Colonel Alexander Zelin.
“In terms of aircraft serviceability, training and readiness of personnel and of amassed experience, the crews of strategic jets may perform tasks with in-flight refueling above the water area, and in particular above the water area of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans,” Zelin announced.
“Nowadays, we are deliberating on the flights of strategic jets to the air above the Indian Ocean, where they will interact with the Navy,” the general specified.
The first mass flight with simultaneous air patrolling of five areas was made August 17, 2007, Zelin reminded. Since the recommencement of air patrols, he went on, “around 150 flights have been made in conditions of tactical standoff with the aircraft of adjoining states that accompanied our jets, threatening, in certain cases, the safety of pilot’s task execution.”
Asked about using the airdromes of Cuba or other states for the purpose of long-range aviation, Zelin specified that the jets of the RF Air Force are currently based on their own aerodromes and on the aerodromes of some members of CIS.
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