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.