The advanced fifth-generation fighters will be delivered to the Russian air forces in four years, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian air forces, general-lieutenant Viktor Bondarev said, Vzglyad.ru reports.

«The Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAK FA) should be delivered in 2016 in accordance with the State Defense Procurement», - the Commander-in-Chief said. «The jet’s preliminary testing will be carried out at State Proving Flying Center in Akhtyubinsk (Astrakhan Region). I believe we will start the testing in 2014-2015», - Bondarev said.

He also said that the development of Prospective Air Complex for Long Range Aviation (PAK DA) is being carried out according to the schedule. «TheconceptofPAKDAhasbeenapproved. Now we will continue its development and take all the necessary steps to launch its serial production in future», - the Commander-in-Chief said.

We remind you that the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian long-range aviation, general-lieutenant Anatoly Zhikharev, stated earlier that the testing of PAK DA will be started in 2022. «I think that the first prototype will be manufactured in 2022 and the testing will be started», - Zhikharev said. According to him, a special attention will be paid to the composites during development of PAK DA in order to “decrease its radar cross-section”.

Talking about the crash of Mi-35 in Dagestan, Bondarev said that there is no point in discussing the cause of the crash prior to the completion of the commission’s work. «Mi-35 crashed in Dagestan. It is too early to discuss the causes of this crash, commission’s investigation is underway. I cannot tell you anything prior to the completion of commission’s work. There are too many questions», - the Commander-in-Chief noted. «The worst thing is that the recorders have almost been destroyed», - Bondarev said.

«I think our specialists will be able to decrypt the remaining information and we will tell you what happened», - he said. We remind you that Mi-35 helicopter owned by the Ministry of Defense crashed on the border of Chechnya and Dagestan while performing special mission under conditions of low visibility.

The criminal case has been initiated over the crash of the helicopter, which caused the death of four people.