MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - India has confirmed its participation
in the Aviadarts flight-skills competition hosted by Russia, Deputy
Chief of the Main Staff of Russian Air Force Major General Alexander
Lyapkin told RIA Novosti.
“In 2015, another flight skills
competition will take place, and an Indian crew plans to take part in
it. As you can remember, this year China and Belarus participated in the
contest,” Lyapkin said.
Indian pilot Adzhai Rakhtor confirmed Lyapkin’s statement.
Friday was the official opening ceremony for the Aviaindra-2014 joint Russian-Indian air force exercise, which last until September 5.
During the opening ceremony, the Sokoly Rossii (Falcons of Russia) Russian aerobatic team performed for the Indian guests.
The scenario for the exercise involves joint flights with mixed Russian-Indian crews on Su-30 SM “Flanker-C” aircraft, Mil Mi-35 “Hind E” and Mi-8 “Hip” helicopters at the Pogonovo and Ashuluk testing ranges in Voronezh and Astrakhan regions respectively.
Su-30 SM “Flanker-C” crews will also carry out air refueling from the Ilyushin Il-78 “Midas” aerial refueling tanker while mixed anti-aircraft teams repel a simulated attack with the S-300 (SA-10) “Grumble” and S-400 (SA-21) “Growler” anti-aircraft systems, the Buk-M1 “Grizzly” surface-to-air missile system and the Pantsir-S1 (SA-22) “Greyhound” surface-to-air missile/anti-aircraft artillery systems.
“In 2015, another flight skills
competition will take place, and an Indian crew plans to take part in
it. As you can remember, this year China and Belarus participated in the
contest,” Lyapkin said.Indian pilot Adzhai Rakhtor confirmed Lyapkin’s statement.
Friday was the official opening ceremony for the Aviaindra-2014 joint Russian-Indian air force exercise, which last until September 5.
During the opening ceremony, the Sokoly Rossii (Falcons of Russia) Russian aerobatic team performed for the Indian guests.
The scenario for the exercise involves joint flights with mixed Russian-Indian crews on Su-30 SM “Flanker-C” aircraft, Mil Mi-35 “Hind E” and Mi-8 “Hip” helicopters at the Pogonovo and Ashuluk testing ranges in Voronezh and Astrakhan regions respectively.
Su-30 SM “Flanker-C” crews will also carry out air refueling from the Ilyushin Il-78 “Midas” aerial refueling tanker while mixed anti-aircraft teams repel a simulated attack with the S-300 (SA-10) “Grumble” and S-400 (SA-21) “Growler” anti-aircraft systems, the Buk-M1 “Grizzly” surface-to-air missile system and the Pantsir-S1 (SA-22) “Greyhound” surface-to-air missile/anti-aircraft artillery systems.
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