Russia began to apply a former Ukrainian Complex THREAD in the Crimea for training carrier-based pilots, told on Thursday at the Ministry of defense of Russia.
Deck pilots of the naval aviation of the Northern fleet conducted a training ground simulator naval aviation THREAD that simulates the flight deck of the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser " Admiral Kuznetsov ", told ITAR-TASS the head of the press service of the Federation Council Vadim Serga." Fighter pilots of the improved skills of piloting technique when landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier, " said he. The flights were involved in six naval su-33 and two training aircraft su-OTG, Serga said. Complex LINE became the property of the Russian army in March 2014 in connection with the joining of Crimea to Russia. Six months earlier, in September 2013, Moscow informed Kiev that terminates the lease of this site for the training of marine pilots. Remember, for a long time the use of complex THREAD in the Crimea was one of the points of tension in Russian-Ukrainian relations. The Russian pilots were not allowed to workout at the landfill during the period of brand Board President Viktor Yushchenko. Ukraine their own Complex not used.

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