Citat:Tuoi Tre journalists witnessed a flight training day with the Su-30MK2 fleet -- the state-of-the-art supersonic fighter aircraft which is likened to a master cobra in the air -- belonging to Division 370 of the Vietnam Air Force.
Citat:“An in-flight Su-30MK2 is extremely maneuverable and carries an air-superiority role, which is likened to a master cobra.”
Equipped with radar sighting, optronic sights and a heads-up display system, the MK2 variant of the strike fighter is designed for long-range air-to-surface and ground-attack missions in individual or group operations. It is also built to gain air superiority through killing hostile manned and unmanned aircrafts with guided missiles in medium-range engagements and dogfights. It can detect, track and destroy surface, ground and sea targets with all types of weapons, especially high precision weapons.
With an aerial refueling system, Su-30MK2 is able to extend its flight range from 3,000km to 8,000km.
The MK2 can perform nine different missions in air-to-air status and ten other tasks in air-to-surface status. And it is capable of simultaneously detecting and tracking 15 targets, commanding and controlling ten of them, and launching attacks on four aerial targets or two ground targets.
Citat:Pilot Pham Hong Duong, deputy political commissar of Air Strike Regiment 935, who has almost 1,000 hours of flying time in the Su-27 and Su-30MK2, said, “The Su-30MK2 can perform certain specific flying techniques that other planes can’t. It is mobile and equipped with modern weapons, offering great capabilities to control airspace for a long time.” The Su-20MK2 can engage in dogfights without control from ground stations. “Young pilots flying a Su-30MK2 are all very proud as it is a milestone of their operational life,” said pilot Do Manh Hung.
