In 1990, the Russian aviation industry was divided into four agencies: Ministry of Aviation Industry, Ministry of Industries, State Committee of Defense Industries and Ministry of Defense Industries. The latest change occurred in May 1997 […]
Despite the Kremlin’s claims of military and technical superiority, the Russian Air Force continues to face a big problem with its navigation systems. Russian military pilots are still actively using insecure, non-military navigation equipment due […]
Russian forces opened fire on Israeli jets with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles at the end of an alleged IAF attack on targets in north-western Syria last week, Channel 13 news reported Monday, in what could signal […]
India has cancelled orders for MiG-29 fighter jets, helicopters and anti-tank weapons from Russia in the last few weeks, a senior United States official claimed, according to a report in The Indian Express on Friday. […]
President Putin avoided sending boots on Syrian ground and deployed limited numbers of troops in Syria. Syria was a showroom for Russian weapons that generated $15 billion weapons sales to North Africa and Southeast Asia. […]
Ukraine shot down two Russian fighter jets, two IL-76 aircraft and a helicopter, reported the week newspaper citing Ukrainian officials. The head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration, Serhiy Borzov, said on social media that […]
The Ukraine Defence Ministry has claimed that Ukrainian Air Force has taken down Russian Su-35, which is an air-defence fighter, yesterday, February 25. The Ministry stated that Ukraine’s MiG-29 jet, which appeared over Kyiv on […]
U.S. television networks CBS and NBC reported on Thursday that Russia had started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The news came as Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 105-minute phone call with France’s Emmanuel Macron […]
The Ukrainian military claimed on Thursday to have downed five Russian Su-30SM planes and a Mi-28N helicopter in the east of the country near a rebel-held enclave, reported DW News. Ukraine’s border guard agency said […]
Between November 2019 and November 2020, the Indian Navy lost three of its MiG-29K fighter jets to accidents. On Nov. 26, an Indian MiG-29K crashed in the Arabian Sea after taking off from the country’s […]
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