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Pacific Fleet aircraft armed with modernized MiG-31BM

The pilots of the Pacific Fleet have tested modernized MiG-31BM

The mixed aviation regiment of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet received new modernized high-altitude fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM, and the pilots of the regiment performed the first flights on these machines.

As the head of the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet, captain of the second rank Nikolai Voskresensky, commented, the crews during training flights practiced the tasks of performing aerobatics in pairs. Voskresensky emphasized that all the declared characteristics of supersonic fighter-interceptors were confirmed.

The upgraded aircraft were put at the disposal of the Pacific Fleet in February of this year. When carrying out repairs and upgrades at the factory, the machines were replaced by avionics, radio electronic systems. Improved tactical, technical and combat capabilities of fighters.

During 2019, naval aviation will receive several more MiG-31BMs that have been upgraded.

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