The latest Su-57 were based: drones attacked "not standard" airfield in Lipetsk-media

According to analysts, at the aerodrome in Lipetsk were also based Su-30, SU-34, SU-35, MiG-31, part as combat, part as training machines. On the night of August 9, Ukrainian long -range drones of the "February" type were hit by Russian air bases in Lipetsk, which is 280 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. It was at this aerodrome that the latest SO-57 was based. Russian pilots studied there, which is written by Defense Express.

The material states that it was a powerful coating with the use of several dozen UAVs, which were able to break through the enemy air defense and successfully accomplish the task. The General Staff of the Armed Forces officially announced the damage to the composition with aviation ammunition. In addition, the local authorities are confirmed by the reports of the evacuation of several villages, which are located next to the aerodrome because of "detonation of explosive objects".

The publication writes that the scale of the event has recorded a service for satellite fire monitoring from NASA. Analysts noted that the route of Ukrainian UAVs took place at low altitude. It also complicated the enemy tasks for their interception. The attack was in a few waves and the last drones were beaten in the morning. The material states that the air base in Lipetsk is not a standard military airfield.

It is one of the largest training centers in the Russian Federation ("4th Center for Combat use and retraining of flight composition"). Basically, it is operated by the 968th research and instructive mixed airfield. But since the beginning of a full -scale Russian invasion, other units of tactical aviation of the PCS of the Russian Federation to perform direct combat missions.

It is reported that it was on the basis of this center that the training of Russian pilots on the new Su-57 fighter, which is called the representative of the "fifth generation" in the Russian Federation. Analysts noted that the Russian Federation stated the use of the SU-57 in the war against Ukraine. At the same time, whether they were at the time of the Su-57 attack on Lipetsk, whether these or other Russian aircraft were damaged, it remains unknown.