“The joint exercise is being held to test, evaluate, and develop both the equipment and personnel of the new Ankara Area Control Center’s ability to oppose the use of civilian aircraft in terror attacks while cooperating with Russia under the aegis of the NATO-Russia Cooperative Airspace Initiative,” the Chief of General Staff said in a written statement.
- Both nations will be enacting the drill in the skies above Samsun, Sivas and Trabzon and international airspace over the eastern Black Sea region. The exercise will utilize two F-16 jet-fighters from the Turkish Air Command, Unified Air Operations Center-2 (Diyarbakır) personnel, as well as one TU-154 and four SU-27 jetfighters from Russian Federation Air Command.
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Su-25 Attack Aircraft Crashes in Russia, Pilot Ejects Safely...
ReplyDeleteMOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti) – A Soviet-era Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in Russia’s Krasnodar region on Monday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The statement said contact with the pilot was lost at 8:17 p.m. Moscow time (16:17 GMT). The plane crashed 49 kilometers from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield.
“The pilot was able to steer the falling aircraft away from populated areas and eject safely,” the statement said.
The ministry confirmed that there were no injuries or damages to structures on the ground.
A Ka-27 search-and-rescue helicopter has been dispatched to the crash site, the ministry reported, adding that all flights of Su-25 aircraft in the Southern Military Districts had been suspended while an investigation into the incident was under way.
The Su-25 is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau to provide close air support for ground troops.
The aircraft has been in service with the Russian Air Force for more than 25 years. It has also been exported to dozens of countries.
http://en.rian.ru/military_news/20130923/183677445/Su-25-Attack-Aircraft-Crashes-in-Russia-Pilot-Ejects-Safely.html
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