16.02.2010
Last week, first in current year, the scheduled flights started in Ukrainian Navy's Saki Naval Aviation Brigade.
During flights naval pilots had a task to recover and maintain flight skills in common weather conditions day and night.
The flights were performed on
Be-12 and
An-26 aircrafts and
Mi-14 helicopter. In total, pilots carried out 16 flights and were airborne for 9 hours and 18 minutes.
Scheduled parachute jumps were also conducted at Saki brigade. Rescue paraborne group performed 14 jumps, 7 of them in the daytime and 7 – in night.
Further flights of Ukrainian naval aviation are scheduled on this week.
Source: Ukrainian Navy Press Center, photo: Be-12 aircraft of Ukrainian naval aviation
