23.11.2011
Text: Western Military District Press Service
Photo: Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. Western Military District Press Service
Crews of Northern Fleet (NF) aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov and large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko have completed drill program at training ranges in the Barents Sea.
Acting within carrier strike group headed by NF Deputy Commander Vice Admiral Alexander Vitko, the crews conducted joint navigation, carried out 4 gun firing and 10 missile firing drills. Joint maneuvering, search/tracing/attacking of a submarine, and air defense activities were practiced during the exercise. Personnel had numerous onboard drills at sea.
Aircraft carrier
Admiral Kuznetsov took aboard an air wing consisting of deck-based fighters
Su-33, attack airplanes
Su-25UTG, and ASW helicopters
Ka-27.
These activities were the closing phase of preparations for coming long-range cruise. In Dec 2011 aircraft-carrying cruiser
Admiral Kuznetsov and large ASW ship
Admiral Chabanenko will be deployed in distant zones of the World Ocean.