18.01.2012
Text: Western Military District Press Service
Photo: ASW aircraft Il-38. Western Military District Press Service
Pilots of Northern Fleet (NF) naval aviation continue improving pilotage skills in extreme conditions of polar night.
Performing training flights, aircrews of ASW aircrafts
Il-38, NF Naval Aviation have carried out 23 sorties; pilots practiced various tasks including bomb dropping on sea and land test ranges. It is noteworthy that they used full set of antisubmarine weapons.
In 2011, average flying hours of
Il-38 aircrews of NF Air Base have increased on 35%. Ship-based helicopters improved this parameter on 15%.
Air base headed by Col. Anatoly Buryak is the largest naval aviation unit in Northern Fleet.
Basically, aviation park of the base comprises ASW aircrafts
Il-38, ASW helicopters
Ka-27, transport aircrafts
An-12 and
An-26.
