Over 40 planes to join Russian naval exercise in Atlantic
Over 40 aircraft of the Russian Air Force, including strategic missile carriers, will take part in the second phase maneuvers of the Russian naval task force now under way in the Atlantic Ocean, Itar-Tass news agency reported Monday. "More than 40 aircraft will take part in the final phase of the maneuvers, which is to last from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2," said Itar-Tass, citing Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, chief of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Russian Air Force. Drobyshevsky said that the aircraft include strategic missile carriers Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3, fighters MiG-31 and Su-27, and also Il-78 tanker planes and A-50 airborne warning and control planes.The three-day operation, conducted by ships of the Northern and Black Sea fleets, is the Russian navy's first large-scale Atlantic drill in 15 years. The flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva cruiser, joined naval warships in the Mediterranean on Jan. 18 to participate in the maneuvers.
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