BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 A.M.) – Russian Su-30SM aircraft conducted mid-air refuelling exercises as part of large-scale Russian Naval Fleet and Aerospace Forces exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, as shown in footage released on Monday.
The manoeuvre was carried out at an altitude of between 2,000-8,000 metres (6,562 – 26,247 feet) and speeds of up to 550 kilometres per hour (342 miles per hour).