In the course of 2018, pilots and crews of anti-submarine aircrafts Tu-142 and Il-38, as well as reconnaissance and attack aircraft Su-24MR, conducted more than 100 patrols over the Arctic Ocean, Atle Staalsen reports in The Barents Observer.
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The seventh Il-38N MPA of the Russian Navy during flight tests in Zhukovsky (Picture source: Alexander Mishin / russianplanes.net)
