The Belarusian military aircraft sat on highways

As part of the exercises "Autumn 2008" Belarus airforce carried out landing fighter Su-27 and Su-25 attack plane on the highways in the area of the city Ivantsevichy Brest region, said the Charter-97. Upon completion of regulatory procedures for terrestrial aircraft took off from the airfield of the road and went out on air.

In the past year in the Belarusian military exercises, such as spent similar aircraft landed at Brest-Moscow highway. Until then, cases of landing Su-27 on the road in the armies of the CIS was not. Earlier, the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus has been placed on the road Su-25 attack plane, which is also called "Rook."

In the Soviet army landing on the highway otrabatyvalis regularly. After the 90-ies of the Belarusian military - one of the few in Russia - had resumed the practice. In real war, such skills may be required pilot in the event that destroyed airfields and other opportunities to land the plane to land there. Because of the complexity of this element of its implementation, typically rely only experienced pilots.

Apart from Belarus, in the exercises, Fall 2008 "are also involved Russian aircraft. The Air Force RF before air assault units, and military fighter aircraft, which are armed with MiG-29, Su-25 and Mi-24.

October 13, Russian aircraft landed at the three Belarussian military airfields and 15 th base of Air Force fighter aircraft and air defense troops of Belarus and the 14 th aeronautical exterminatory Guards regiment of the Air Force RF zastupili on joint combat duty. Exercises in Belarus ended October 21, after which Russian units will return to their places of permanent deployment.