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Russ. Air Force May Patrol Indian Ocean
The Russian Air Force is considering flight by strategic bombers in the Indian Ocean zone, Russian Air Force main commander Gen. Col. Alexander Zelin told journalists today. “At present, the crews of strategic aircraft are prepared in equipment and training to fulfill assignments with in-air refueling over bodies of water, in particular over the Indian and Atlantic Oceans,” Zelin said.
“The question is being considered of flights by strategic aircraft in the airspace over the Indian Ocean, where they will interact with the Russian Navy,” Zelin said. After a lengthy pause, long-range Russian Air Force planes are making patrol flights over the neutral waters of the Northern Ice Ocean and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The patrol flights were resumes in August 2007 by order of the president of the Russian Federation. Particular attention is being paid to the Northern and Norwegian Seas, the northwest of the Atlantic Ocean and the extreme northern regions.
Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 planes are used for those patrols. More than 40 patrol flights were made in the first three months of 2008.
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