Escort Formation Conducts Day-Night Flight Training Encountering Unidentified Small Boat
“Bearing 035, distance 40 kilometers, there is a suspicious target, proceed quickly to verify!” “The suspicious target is an unidentified small boat, which has now been driven away!” Recently, the 49th Escort Task Force of the Navy, aboard the Yueyang ship, conducted day-and-night helicopter flight training, continuously carrying out reconnaissance patrols, target verification, search and rescue exercises, effectively enhancing the pilots' situational awareness, emergency response capabilities, and ship-aircraft coordination abilities. (Reporter Zhang Xiaofeng, Feng Zhexin, Du Yujie, Zhu Zeya, Cai Shengqiu, Deng Jiajin, Li Zhifeng, Wang Yuce, Yu Shibin, Duan Haibo)
The 49th Escort Task Force of the Navy conducted helicopter training exercises along the Yangtze River, which included reconnaissance patrols and target verification. During the training, a suspicious boat was detected and subsequently driven away. This operation aimed to enhance the pilots' situational awareness and coordination capabilities.
- A suspicious target was detected at a distance of 40 kilometers.
- The target was identified as an unknown boat and was subsequently driven away.
- The 49th Escort Task Force conducted helicopter training exercises.
- Training included reconnaissance, target verification, and search and rescue operations.