POGONOVO (Voronezh region). May 26 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Navy's aviation unit is to perform for the first time at the international stage of the Aviadarts-2014 competition on July 21-26, Air Force Commander-in-chief Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev told journalists on Sunday.
"The list of participants at the international stage of Aviadarts will be noticeably broader. It will feature Belarusian, Kazakh and Chinese pilots. There will also be the aviation of the FSB (Federal Security Service), the Emergency Situations Ministry and the Interior Ministry. We are planning to invite the naval aviation," Bondarev said.
He said the program for the naval aviation will be the same as for the army's. "We will not have easier conditions for it," the AF commander-in-chief reassured.
He said naval aviation pilots, who will perform at Aviadarts-2014, will be flying Sukhoi Su-24 bombers, Su-27 fighters and Mikoyan MiG-29K carrier-based fighters.