First in-flight refuelling for Russian Navy Su-30SM

NEWS Russia & CIS Russian Navy Su-30SM ‘43 Blue’ prepares to refuel for the first time from an Il-78 Tanker. Russian MoD RUSSIA’S DEFENCE ministry announced on February 19 that pilots of the Voyenno-Morskoy Flot Rossiyskoy Federatsii (VMF, Russian Navy) have practised in-flight refuelling with the Su-30SM for the first time. The aircraft took off from the Naval Aviation Combat Training Centre in Yeysk together with VMF Su-24Ms. The aircraft, flown by flight crews from the Baltic and Black Sea