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Impressive photo-flight refueling tanker aircraft to the Il-78M two interceptors MiG-31 Russian Air Force.

Refueling aircraft IL-78M (RA-78824 registration, serial number 1003497947, serial number 74-07) provides aerial refueling of two MiG-31 Russian Air Force





Refueling was carried out in the course of the April 11, 2014 exercise air strikes at long range. Anonsovomu According to the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) of the Armed Forces of Russia, during the exercise of the aviation group Sukhoi Su-24M, followed by a fighter-interceptor MiG-31 (a total of 12 aircraft from the CVO forces), at the end of the 7-hour non-stop flight at a distance of more than 4000 km in the area of ​​the landfill Mukhor Conde (Buryatia) responsive bombs struck targets for full-size simulating military equipment and engineering to strengthen conventional enemy.

Air group of 12 fighter planes took off from airfields permanent basing in Chelyabinsk region [Shagol, Su-24M] and Perm [Perm, MiG-31]. The flight took two refueling with six air tankers IL-78 in the airspace of the Novosibirsk and Irkutsk regions. Refuelling took place at an altitude of 4-5 thousand. M.

At the landfill Mukhor Conde in a jamming bomber pilots of the Su-24M, using 500 kg guided aerial bombs, hit the full-size target. MiG-31 carried out a patrol escort bombers and cleared the airspace, hitting missiles "air-air" teplokontrastnye target.

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