Long-range aviation crews have successfully completed the tasks in the plan of air patrol

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January 29, 2015, two strategic bombers Tu-95MS raised from an air base Engels, successfully completed the tasks according to plan air patrols.

Flight route passed over neutral waters near the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Atlantic Ocean. Crews Tu-95MS completed two in-flight refueling of aircraft tankers
IL-78. The flight duration was more than 19 hours.

On the route of flight accompanied by long-range aircraft fighter-interceptor MiG-31 of the Air Forces of Russia.

At various stages of the tour crews range aviation aircraft were accompanied by the Royal Air Force "Typhoon", Norway «F-16" and the French "Mirage".

Long-range aviation pilots, according to the approved plan, regularly perform flights on Air patrols in the waters over neutral waters of the Arctic, Atlantic, Black Sea, Pacific Ocean, as a base, and with operational airfields.

All flights of the Air Force carried out in strict accordance with international regulations on the use of airspace over neutral waters, without violating the borders of other states.