Over 20 crews of attack helicopters Mi-24 and Ka-52 as well as Mi-8AMTSh of the Western MD have finished the special course of flight training at the foothill of Elbrus.

Each crew practiced elements of complex pilotage, low-level terrain following, flying through gorges. Moreover, the pilots carried out take-offs and landing at the heights of up to 3,500 m.

The servicemen also improved their skills in detection and identification of targets of simulated enemy, illegal armed groups and sabotage and terrorist groups in the mountain-woody regions.

In the end of the training, each pilot received certificates for the new qualification levels.