MIG -3 1 Fighter Service Event

2011At 6: 041on September 6th, Konashenkov, director of the Information Bureau of the Russian Ministry of Defence, confirmed that a MIG -3 1 fighter plane of the Russian Air Force crashed in Perm Krai that day, killing two pilots. During a routine flight, the fighter plane disappeared from the radar screen at a distance of 1 1 km from the "Greater Savineau" airport. At 7: 34, the Mi -8 helicopter used for search and rescue found the crashed plane 600 kilometers southeast of Bukore Town in Perm Krai. The search and rescue team has arrived at the crash site and confirmed that two pilots were killed. Preliminary information shows that the crashed plane did not cause casualties and property losses on the ground. He also said that the fighters did not carry weapons and ammunition at that time.

The Russian Ministry of Defence has set up a special committee to investigate the cause of the accident and ordered all MIG-3/KLOC-0 fighters to suspend their flights until the cause is found out. Russia may have cancelled its plan to permanently deploy MIG -3 1 interceptor at Rogachevo Air Force Base in the Arctic. The plan was announced by serdyukov, the predecessor of Russian Defense Minister Sergei shoigu, in September 20 12. Now, the outside world criticizes the plan as unrealistic and serves political purposes rather than operational needs.

The deployment plan was originally intended to escort Russian submarines from their bases in kola peninsula to the open sea and protect the anti-submarine warfare resources of the Northern Fleet.

On February 4th, 20 13, Izvestia quoted several Russian air force sources as saying that although MiG -3 1BM was equipped with powerful "bunker" array radar, they were still "damaged" by cold weather, which brought a lot of repair work to the military.

The newspaper also said that despite the upgrade, Rogachevo Air Force Base in Niigata Island still cannot be used for the safe take-off and landing of MiG -3 1BM at full load. During the cold war, MIG -3 1 used the 2500m runway of the base without any problems, but it is not clear where the problems lie.

Due to the lack of ground radar support equipment in this area, and in order to ensure sufficient radar radiation range, multiple aircraft are needed to assist it in the air at the same time, which will further affect the maintenance time of aircraft.