The crews of young pilots and navigators of the Long-Range Aviation Units deployed in the Saratov Region performed night flights on strategic missile carriers Tu-160 and Tu-95ms.

Training flights were supervised by experienced instructors.

Crews practiced take-offs and landings, flights en route and in a given zone, as well as elements of interaction with the flight management group with limited visibility in the dark.

On the ground, the engineering and technical staff worked out the standards for servicing and preparing aircraft for re-departures at set time intervals.

In total, 15 sorties were completed during the flight shift, 7 pieces of aviation equipment were involved, as well as 15 units of special equipment of the airfield technical support battalion.