🇷🇺 Pilots of long-range aviation performed practical launches of cruise missiles at a training ground in the Komi Republic

The long-range aviation command, within the framework of the control check during the winter training period, conducted a command-staff exercise on the basis of an aviation formation in the Saratov region.

During the flights of the Tu-160 and Tu-95ms strategic missile carriers, long-range aviation pilots performed practical launches of cruise missiles at ground targets at the range in the Komi Republic.

During the flight mission, the crews worked out refueling in the air at an altitude of more than 6000 meters and a speed of about 600 kilometers per hour, as well as air patrolling in a given zone. The duration of the flight mission was more than 7 hours.

In total, about 10 long-range aircraft Tu-160, Tu-95ms and Il-78 were involved in the exercise.