Russian Navy Land Based Ski-Jump for MiG-29K/KUB Now Operational

Russian naval aviation pilots have started training on the MiG-29K/KUB (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) multipurpose fighter jets at the 859th Naval Aviation Training Center. Located near the city of Yeysk [in the Krasnodar Territory in southwest Russia] the facility just got fitted with a land based ski-jump to train Russian pilots in aircraft carrier operations.