Crews of 45 planes and helicopters of the 4th air force and air defence army of the Southern Military District, involved in the air part of the Victory parade on June 24 in Rostov-on-Don, performed a training flight over the city.

During the training flight, the crews of combat and transport planes and helicopters practiced the formation flying in groups, flights and pairs at reduced distances with minimal intervals.

The aircraft flew at speeds of 100 - 180 km/h with an interval of 50 m between the helicopter blades, while tactical aircraft flew at an altitude of 250-300 m at a speed of about 600 km/h and military transport aircraft at an altitude of 300 m at a speed of 500-600 km/h.

The aircraft are manned with the highly qualified pilots to perform such flights.

More than 130 aircraft organized in aviation groups will fly over the hero-cities of Volgograd, Kerch, Novorossiysk, Sevastopol, as well as Rostov-on-Don, Stavropol, Kaspiysk, Novocherkassk, Simpferopol and Vladikavkaz at the final stage of the parade. The Tu-134, An-26, An-12 and L-410 of the military transport aviation of the SMD; the Su-24M, Su-25SM, Su-27SM3, Su-30SM, Su-34 of the tactical aviation of the SMD; the Tu-142MK, Be-12, Il-38N of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet as well as the Mi-8AMTSh, Mi-26, Mi-28N, Mi-35M and Ka-52 of the army aviation of the SMD will participate in the air parade.