...Forty-minute "swirl" in the air did not inspire optimism. As well as constantly repeated by the navigator-instructor at each exit from the cabin "carcasses": "Cumulousnimbus "(cumulonimbus. - Author). But when the Savasleik air garrison appeared under the wing, hidden by a wooded area, the working mood of all those on board noticeably increased. The airfield is like a toy. Taxiways, lanes - the eye rejoices. Almost the beauty of the exterior of the high-rise equipment building, the perfect cleanliness and well-groomed interior spaces were tempted to "cut": was it not for the arrival of correspondents that repairs were rolled out? But the language did not turn: order was maintained here not for the sake of showing off, but thoroughly, constantly. Colonel Stanislav Kishenkov seems to have a strong household. And the first impression was not deceptive. Our Help In June 1940, the 166th Reserve Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Moscow Military District was formed on the basis of a separate air squadron at the Sejm station in the Gorky region. During the Great Patriotic War, it was reorganized into the 2nd reserve iap. The personnel of the unit was engaged in retraining flight personnel for new aircraft, performed tasks to repel enemy raids on administrative and military facilities. During the war years, more than 100 air regiments and individual air squadrons were trained, equipped and sent to the front, and six thousand vehicles were relocated to front-line airfields. Here the famous aces Alexander Pokryshkin and Ivan Kozhedub got tickets to the sky. During the war years, the regiment's pilots flew 7,254 sorties, shot down 205 German aircraft in 604 single and group battles and damaged 70 of them. ...More or less in detail, the general public first learned about Savasleik quite recently-in July of this year, when the media told about the miracle created by twelve cool fighters of the Center. They conducted a practical study on the possible combat use of Su-30 a ... Read more