Moscow. 27 August 2021. In Vladivostok, within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum ARMY 2021, residents and guests of the city could see combat aircraft and helicopters of the Aerospace Forces aviation and naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet at the Tsentralnaya Uglovaya airfield, one of the 5 sites of the Forum, which opened on August 26 in Vladivostok.
On the runway of the airfield, visitors saw more than 20 samples of aviation equipment, including high-altitude fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM, Su-30M2 fighters, Su-25SM assault aircraft, Ka-52 helicopters, Mi-8AMTSh, Ka-27 deck helicopter, DOSAAF light-engine aircraft, as well as retro aircraft. At the airfield also deployed S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system, Tor-M2U anti-aircraft missile system, Pantsir S-1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system, as well as special equipment – a new generation Panther airfield fire truck.
The Pacific Fleet is the Russian Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean, the headquarters of which is located in Vladivostok, with numerous facilities within the Peter the Great Gulf in Primorsky Krai, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk in Avacha Bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai. Following the APEC Russia 2012 summit, it was announced that the main naval base of the Pacific Fleet in the Russian Far East will be moved to the town of Fokino, Primorsky Krai. The current commander is Admiral Sergei Avakyants, who has held the position since May 2012.
The Pacific Fleet is one component of the Russian Eastern Military District established in 2010. Other components of the Eastern District include the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (providing both aviation and air defence units in the District) as well as four ground force army headquarters (the 5th, 29th, 35th and 36th Combined Arms Armies) and one independent corps HQ (the 68th) on Sakhalin island. The Russian Coast Guard provides additional armed patrol capabilities in the Pacific, including two Krivak-class frigates.
