MOSCOW, May 16. /TASS/. The crews of Tu-142 aircraft of the Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation practiced anti-submarine warfare tasks during drills over the Sea of Okhotsk in the western Pacific Ocean, the Fleet’s press office reported on Monday.

"The Pacific Fleet conducted training flights to practice cohesion of the crews of Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine warfare aircraft and their anti-submarine operations over the Sea of Okhotsk," the press office said in a statement.

The pilots flew Tu-142 airplanes based at one of naval aviation airfields of the Pacific Fleet, the press office added.

During the flights, the crews of two Tu-142 anti-submarine warfare planes used their special onboard equipment to hunt down a mock enemy’s submarines, the statement says.