Live firings in Poland

Military pilots from Sliač Air Base and members of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Nitra will once again practise live firings in Poland. They are now gearing up for the tactical exercise BALT 2017. As part of the exercise, which will take place on Ustka Training Area in May, they will practise attacking and destroying targets over the Baltic Sea. The live fire exercise will see MiG-29 pilots of the “Major General Otto Smik” Tactical Wing Sliač employed in their role in Phase 1 of the exercise, dubbed Ex Missile I. They will be succeeded in Phase 2 of the exercise, codenamed Ex Missile II, by Nitra-based 2K12 KUB Air Defence System operators. For members of the SVK Air Force and Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD), live firings are the most important form of training thanks to which they can improve their skills and readiness and test the coordination of their units and systems.