10 MIG-29 AIRCRAFT ENTERED SERVICE WITH THE AIR FORCE AND THE AIR DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
On the 1st of December the Baranovichi61st fighter air basereceived 10 overhauled MiG-29 aircraft.
Out of the 10 received MiG-29s eight aircraft are of combat type and two of them areof combat-training type.
The mentioned MiGs were sent for overhaul to the JSC“558 ARP”, Baranovichi, in April 2014. During the overhaul serviceability of the aircraft equipment was recovered and its service life extended. The aircraft were equipped with the flight parameters video registering systems which heighten the accuracy of flight datarecording.
Being a guard of the Western borders of the Republic of Belarus the personnel of the air base has been mastering the MiG-29 aircraft since 1993. TheJSC “558 ARP” also carries out works on modernization of the mentioned aircraft. The modernized aircraft are assigned the name MiG-29BM. Piloting the modernized aircraft Belarusian pilots have set 15 world records on climb speed and on speed of closed-loop flight.
