#BREAKING: This footage released by #Russia MOD shows Tu-22M3 heavy bombers, MiG-31K missile carriers, Su-34 striker bombers and Su-35S fighters as well as an A-50U participating in an exercise for simulation of airstrike at #RoyalNavy's HMS Queen Elizabeth in #MediterraneanSea!
The #Russia Air Force's MiG-31K missile carriers are 90 (RF-95215) & 96 RED from 929th V.P. Chkalova State Flight Test Centre (929 GLITs). Each one had a single Kh-47M2 Kinzhal anti-ship air-launched ballistic missile. Both were flown from #Hmeimim Air Base, #Latakia in #Syria. 
An A-50U AEW&C aircraft of #Russia Air Force flew from #Hmeimim over #MediterraneanSea & provided situational awareness for the Tu-22M3, MiG-31K, Su-34 and Su-35S pilots against F-35Bs of Fleet Air Arms/ #RoyalAirForce flown from HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier of #RoyalNavy
45 RED (RF-93952) with 0093493818 construction number is one of the only six A-50U AEW&C aircraft of #Russia Air Force's 144th Airborne Early Warning Aviation Regiment at #Ivanovo. 45 RED together with a second A-50U are on deployment at #Hmeimim Air Base.
The #Russian Navy exercise for simulation of a sinking operation against #RoyalNavy's HMS Queen Elizabeth involving the Kh-22 armed Tu-22M3 bombers and Kh-47M2 armed MiG-31K missile carriers is planned to have a second phase between 1 & 3 July 2021! It will be the main phase!
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