Tests of basing of the Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopter have been held on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.

The Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopter on the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, August 2016 (Photo: Givchik11435 / forums.airbase.ru)
At the end of August 2016, tests of basing of the Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopter were held on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier of the Northern Fleet. One of the Ка-52К from an experimental batch of four helicopters, produced by the Progress Aresenyev Aviation Company (Progress AAC) named after Nikolai Sazykin in 2015 under a contract with JSC Kamov, signed in 2012, took part in the tests.
Earlier, it was reported that the Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopters will be a part of the Admiral Kuznetsov’s air group during the planned military campaign into the Mediterranean Sea in the autumn of 2016.

Flights of the Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopter from the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Severomorsk, August 2016 (Photo: Givchik11435 / forums.airbase.ru)

Flights of the Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopter from the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Severomorsk, August 2016 (Photo: Givchik11435 / forums.airbase.ru)

Flights of the Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopter from the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Severomorsk, August 29, 2016 (Photo: Givchik11435 / forums.airbase.ru)

Flights of the Ка-52К ship-based combat helicopter from the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Severomorsk, August 29, 2016 (Photo: Givchik11435 / forums.airbase.ru)