(Sputnik) --- The fleet of
aircraft entered into service in defense of the air borders of the Kola area of
the Arctic region following a ceremony on August 1; the aircraft is a naval
fighter jet based on the Su-27.
A fleet
of Su-33 navy flankers have entered service in the Kola zone
of the Russian Arctic, the Northern Fleet of the Russian navy
announced on Monday.
"Pilots of the shipborne fighter aviation regiment
of the Northern Fleet have begun service guarding the air borders
of the Kola Arctic region using the deck-based Su-33 fighter jet – the
naval equivalent of the multi-role Su-27 fighter jet," stated a
spokesman for the Northern Fleet on Monday.
"The aircraft
were introduced into service in a ceremony held on August
1."
According
to the statement, the navy flankers had been employed in defense
of Northern Fleet warship units on long campaigns. From now on,
in between campaigns, the Su-33 aircraft will be employed in the air
defense of the Kola area of the Russian Arctic.
The Su-33 is a
single-seat ship-based fighter, designed to defend naval ships
from aerial threats; the aircraft were brought into service
on board the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov.
The aircraft are
manufactured in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
and first entered into official service in 1998.
A naval derivative
of the land-based Su-27 fighter jet, it has a reinforced undercarriage and
folding wings for landing on navy aircraft carriers, and is equipped
with probe-and-drogue refueling capabilities.
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