Russia's Defense Technologies Newswire
June 7, 2018 Thursday 11:23 AM GMT


Novice pilots from Russia's airbase in Armenia to master MiG-29 fighters

MOSCOW June 7

HIGHLIGHT: Novice pilots from Russia's Erebuni airbase in Armenia will
arrive in the flight personnel training and conversion center in
Lipetsk in central Russia to master the Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting
name: Fulcrum) fighter jet, the Southern Military District's press
office said.

MOSCOW, June 7. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Novice pilots from Russia's Erebuni
airbase in Armenia will arrive in the flight personnel training and
conversion center in Lipetsk in central Russia to master the Mikoyan
MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) fighter jet, the Southern
Military District's press office said.

"Skilled instructors will give a flight training course, considering
the experience of using aircraft in various local conflicts, including
during the counterterrorism operation in Syria," the press office
said.

The novice pilots who have graduated this year will study the combat
capabilities of MiG-29 fighters during high-precision bombing with the
use of a satellite navigation system.

The pilots will undergo a 30-hour training course on special training
simulators. Then, they will practice elementary and advanced flying,
as well as aerobatics at high and low altitudes under the supervision
of their instructors.

At the end of the training course, the pilots will be permitted to
perform solo flights and then they will sharpen their flying skills in
mountainous terrain in Transcaucasia.