A group of pilots and technicians returned to military units of the air forces of Kazakhstan from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, press-service of Kazakh Ministry of Defense reports.

“Over the last month Kazakh specialists have passed theoretical retraining at the Russian enterprise to prepare for operation of Su-30SM fighters to be delivered to our country soon. Kazakh pilots and technicians have passed the full training course and studied characteristics and performance of the aircraft, its technological base and equipment. Practical training of pilots and maintenance personnel will be carried out at Taldikorgan air base,” said in the statement. 

We remind you that in early 2015 pilots and engineers passed the training course at Irkutsk Aviation Plant (part of Irkut Corporation) in the network of bilateral cooperation between the countries. Moreover, the air forces of Kazakhstan will take delivery of super-maneuverable “4++”-generation Su-30SM fighters soon.