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Russian Air Force Stages Long-distance Patrol Flight
Moscow, July 14 (KCNA) -- Tu-95MC, strategic bomber of the Long-range Flying Corps of the Russian Air Force, staged patrol flight in the sky above the neutral waters of Norwegian Sea, according to a spokesman for the Air Force on July 13.

The bomber took off at the Engels air base in Saratov Region and made flight of about 18 hours while being refueled in the midair from Il-78 tanker plane. Its crewmen improved aviation in the conditions hard to judge direction.

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