Within the scope of the tactical flight exercise carried out by the Military Transport Aviation Command of the Russian Aerospace Forces, 7 An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft took off simultaneously for the first time. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on its Telegram channel.
As stated in the ministry, the purpose of the exercise was to test the training of the young crew of the An-124-100 Ruslan military transport aircraft on the simultaneous transfer of military unit personnel over long distances with standard weapons and military equipment.
During the flights, the aircraft crews performed take-off, flight and landing exercises at short intervals. The flights were carried out at an altitude of over 4 thousand m, the total route length was over 1000 km, the average speed of the aircraft was 500 km/h.
Previously, the US described the Russian Tu-160 missile carrier as “creepy”.