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[Regnum] At the moment, the formation of flight personnel of separate naval fighter aviation regiments for the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov has begun. This was reported to Izvestia sources in the Ministry of Defense on July 22.
According to them, pilot training is conducted over the Kola Peninsula and the Barents Sea during the day and at night, and in all weather conditions. During training flights, they practice striking air and ground targets.
The Barents Sea is a good place to experience "all weather conditions."
As military expert Dmitry Boltenkov noted, during the seven years that the Admiral Kuznetsov was undergoing repairs, many of the pilots retired, and those who replaced them did not have practical experience in flying from an aircraft carrier, which they still have yet to gain.
"Naval pilots have specific illnesses. The sudden braking of an aircraft on the deck of an aircraft carrier greatly affects the eyes, the back, and therefore they cannot fly for long. And now, most likely, there are very few pilots left who still remember how to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier," he explained.
The expert clarified that seven years is a long time, and therefore a core of pilots is currently being created who will essentially relearn the art of landing on a ship.
Naval aviation crews continued to conduct training every year on scientific and test simulators of naval aviation (NITKA) in Krasnodar Krai and in Crimea, which fully imitate the deck of an aircraft carrier with arresting cables, a launch ramp and navigation equipment. As Boltenkov noted, training on simulators cannot replace real work on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
"An aircraft carrier at sea is very different from a simulator. NITKA is not subject to pitching. Now, one can say, the situation will be similar to the early 1990s, when the Kuznetsov left the Black Sea for the North and an air wing had to be formed for it. It will be necessary to revive the ship after many years of repairs. Revive it not as a ship that can sail the sea, but as a ship that can carry deck aircraft and launch them into the sky. In fact, the aircraft carrier will have a second life," the expert added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 10, officers of the Russian Federal Security Service prevented a terrorist attack by Ukrainian intelligence on the Admiral Kuznetsov. It was specified that Ukrainian intelligence was persuading a Russian serviceman to commit a terrorist attack on the cruiser.
Later that day, Murmansk Region Governor Andrei Chibis thanked the FSB for preventing a terrorist attack on the aircraft carrier. According to him, regional authorities are constantly interacting with security agencies within the framework of the operational headquarters.
Military expert, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Sciences Alexander Bartosh noted on July 10 that the attempted terrorist attack on Kuznetsov is beneficial not to the Kiev regime, but to the West. The expert noted that, in his opinion, these operations of the Ukrainian special services have a visible Western trace and it was the USA and Britain that prepared these provocations and recruiters.
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