28.05.2016.

Live Fire Tactical Exercise at Pasuljanske livade training ground

At the Pasuljanske livadecombined-arms training ground today, in the context of Morava 2016 exercise, members of the Third Army Brigade with the support of 98^th Aviation Brigade carried out a live fire tactical exercise entitled "Summer 2016".

At the exercise, the reinforced mechanized battalion of the Third Brigade performed attack operations supported by live firing from airplanes and helicopters on ground targets. The operation included Eagle planes, Gamma helicopters, M-84 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles M-80A, POLO M-83 anti-tankguided missile carriers,122 mm self-propelled howitzers, 120 mm mortars ...

The exercise was attended by Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Jovica Draganic, commanders of the Army and the Air Force and Air Defence, Lieutenant General Milosav Simovic and Major General Ranko Zivak, respectively, chiefs of the Department for Intelligence and Reconnaissance and the Department of Training and Doctrine of the General Staff, brigadier generals Ilija Todorov and Marinko Pavlovic, respectively, commanders of the First and the Third Army Brigades, brigadier generals Zeljko Petrovic and Mile Jelic, respectively.

At the end, participants in the exercise were addressed by Lieutenant General Jovica Draganic, the head of the Morava 2016 command post exercise, who congratulated them on the successfully conducted exercise. He said that the participants in the exercise, by their combined action with the units of the Air Force showed military strength, skill, use of tactics, techniques and procedures.

- The goal set by the Army Command for the today’s exercise, integrating it in the Morava 2016 exercise, has been fully realized. Ahead of you and us there are new tasks, new dynamism and a new tempo of operation in the Morava 2016 exercise. Once again, I wish to commend you for the commitment, knowledge, skills, command and control at this tactical exercise; tomorrow already you will be able to integrate the lessons learned to the next trainings and qualifications – General Draganic said.

Army Commander Lieutenant General Milosav Simovic expressed his satisfaction with the conducted exercise before the lined-up exercise participants assessing it as very good, very well executed, in which the participants showed that the Serbian Armed Forces has a professional, trained and combat-ready armed forces.

Commands and units of the Serbian Armed Forces have solved a number of tasks in the Morava 2016 exercise today, as well.

On the Borovac training ground near Bujanovac, members of the Fourth Army Brigade and the Special Brigade practiced the fight in an urban environment with the use of the equipment for live simulations.

Manoeuvre of ships and preparations for firing the ship's weapons are now the focus of the units of the Riverine Flotilla.

Planes, helicopters, missile and radar units are employed in joint tactical practice of Air Force and Air Defence. Members of the 252^nd fighter-bomber aircraft squadron used Supergaleb G4 planes to fictitiously engage radar and missile positions and basing airports, while Mig-29 and MiG-21 planes from the 101^st fighter-aircraft squadron carried out the fighter-interceptor actions.

Fighter plains were guided to air targets by members of the 126th air surveillance brigade, who were observing the air space from the peacetime locations as in previous days and delivered the integrated air situation picture to all users.

Members of the 241^st fighter-bomber air squadron delivered live fire at ground targets from "Eagles" at the Pasuljanske livade training ground, and from a Supergaleb G4 plane – fictitious fire at radar emplacements.

Units of the 250^th missile brigade, armed with Kub and Neva missile systems, fictitiously engaged aircraft simulating the attack of enemy aviation.

Intervention squads of the Training Command executed practicing within the camping at Krivul training ground near Zajecar.