On the road section M-4 Minsk-Mogilev from 82 th to the 86 th km near the village of Croft landed 4 warplanes, BelTA has learned.
Today, the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of Belarus practiced the use of roads as alternate aerodromes. On the section of the highway M-4 sat down with subsequent recommissioning of departure and the departure of two airbases on the aircraft Su-25 and two MiG-29 fighters.
Doctrine passed during tactical flight training with aviation links. To fly involved aircraft and crews of the 116th Guards Air Base and 61 th Fighter Air Force Base and Air Defense Forces. In addition, the exercise involved units of communication troops, radio-technical troops, as well as the division of engineering and airfield, technical and logistic support. Air cover region by helicopter Mi-24 181st Combat helicopter base.
This section of the M4 was put into operation last year. Deputy chief of Department - Head of Engineering and Management Department of Logistics airfield Air Force Command and Air Defense Forces Colonel Sergei Kavalevich noted that section of the road has been designed specifically for aircraft landing. "To the plane landed, part of the route should be straight, its length must be at least 2.1 km and width of coverage - 16 m. Coverage and the ground under him on this stretch of road is much thicker than a standard track," - he said.
In the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of Belarus the use of road sections as alternate aerodromes began practiced since 2007. Then on April 14 was first landed on the track of two Su-25s from the 206th Assault airbase airfield Lida, August 4 landing on the road carried the MiG-29 and Su-27 of the 61st fighter airbase airfield Baranovichi.