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Black Sea Fleet’s aviation group in Crimea gets new Su-30 SM fighters

Russian Aviaton » Monday December 12, 2016 16:35 MSK

Three newly-manufactured Su-30SM fighter jets have been delivered to the Black Sea Fleet’s aviation group, the fleet’s press-secretary Vyacheslav Trukhachyov said on Monday.

The planes have already arrived at their permanent base Saki in Crimea.

"The planes were manufactured at the Irkutsk Aircraft-Building Plant and handed over to the Black Sea Fleet under a program for upgrading its aviation group. Upon completing a long flight the jets joined a separate air assault regiment of the Black Sea Fleet," Trukhachev said.

The Su-30SM crews earlier underwent training at a center in Yeisk.

The Su-30SM is a generation 4++ highly-maneuverable multi-role fighter. The Black Sea Fleet has been using them since 2015.