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22 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Both crewmembers safely ejected from a Su-30SM fighter from the Black Sea Fleet's 43rd Independent Naval Attack Aviation Regiment while on the ground at the Saki airfield in Crimea.
tass.com/emergencies/12…
Sounds as though the ejection was unintentional. In March, three crewmembers on a Tu-22M3 bomber were killed after an accidental ejection while the bomber was on the ground. 2/
militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=…
Photo of the Su-30SM (blue 37). The two pilots, a Major and Lieutenant Colonel who were both instructors, were ejected soon after they entered the cockpit and strapped in. Interestingly, they only have 15 and 3 hours of flight time thus far in 2021. 3/
bmpd.livejournal.com/4316489.html
For comparison, in 2018 US Marine Corps and Air Force pilots were averaging 14-16 and 9-10 hours of flight time, respectively, per month. We're 5 and a half months into 2021, and these two pilots only had 15 and 3 hours of flight time.
marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-mari…

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Some highlights from yesterday's Victory Day parade on Red Square.
Russian USN SBP FSO officers providing security over Red Square with an ORSIS T-5000. 2/
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TsNII Burevestnik equipment from Nizhny Novgorod's parade:
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This is a real tweet from the Russian embassy in Belarus.
Apparently, there is a wolf warrior diplomacy social media class at MGIMO now.
lol they deleted the tweet.
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