TASS:
MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. An air squadron of MiG-31K fighter jets armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles held joint drills with Tu-22M3 long-range bombers in early July, Russian Aerospace Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Sergei Dronov said on Thursday.
“Tactical flight drills were held in the first ten-day period of July with the crews of long-range aviation to practice hitting ground and naval targets. The drills focused on planning, preparing and jointly employing Kinzhal air-launched missile systems and long-range Tu-22M3 missile-carrying bombers, and also on fighter jets’ operations to provide cover for air strike groups,” the general said.
All the assigned combat training missions “have been accomplished highly qualitatively and within the established timeframe” in the course of air maneuvers and “the flight personnel have gained the necessary skills of joint practical actions,” he added.
