Fighter planes airforce SHOOTING SKILLS TESTS "AIR TO GROUND"

Fighter planes airforce SHOOTING SKILLS TESTS "AIR TO GROUND"
As part of an effort to hone their combat skills aviators, for five days (15-17/10) carried out the shootings "Air to Ground" at the Offshore Pacitan, East Java, by the fighter planes that departed from the Air Force Base Iswahjudi, Magetan, East Java.All aircraft owned by Air Force fighters were involved in these exercises, including Sukhoi Squadron 11th Air Base SU-27/30 Sultan Hasanuddin, Makassar, one of the Air Base Squadron Supadio, Pontianak, Squadron Air Base 12 from Pekanbaru, Riau and three Fighter Squadron in Lanud Iswahjudi own.

A total of five targets in a shooting that targeted the Offshore Pacitan shooting from the fighters of the Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, SU-27/30 Sukhoi, F-5 Tiger, Hawk MK 5 and Hawk 100/200, overall targets can be destroyed.

According to the Base Commander of the First Marshal TNI Iswahjudi Rusasmi Dede, the characteristics of the existing targets in the sea differ from the one on the ground, because it was an exercise like this is very important to hone skills and enhance the professionalism of its fighter pilots, especially when facing the real state.

In these exercises, use of ammunition in the form of bombs and live practice with as many as 67 sorties of flight is divided into several periods teridri of the Air Squadron 1, 3, 12 and 14 respectively as many as 12 sorties, while the Air Squadron 11 and 15, each of 11 and eight sorties.

Acting as Director of Training Base Commander of the First Marshal TNI Iswahjudi Rusamsi Dede, and got the attention of leaders seriously, so that some Air Force officials participated Mabesau operations staff monitor and watch and evaluate the course of exercises including Operation Assistant Vice-Marshal rafter Rodi Suprasodjo First Army. Were also watching the course of the exercise, Regent H. Pacitan Suyono as well as civilian officials and military-police