Desperate to avoid surface-to-air missiles in the lethal air space over Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian pilots have revived a classic tactic—flying really, really low. But the same low flying that helps pilots to dodge enemy […]
The Russians are forced to employ retired pilots to operate warplanes over the high death toll in the air force during the invasion of Ukraine. That’s according to a tweet by the British Defense Intelligence, seen […]
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 […]
The crews of the Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) fly in Syria and carry out combat missions using the American GPS navigation system, additionally installed in the cockpits, learned GDC citing Israeli […]
Algeria to receive the first batch of 14 Su-34E medium bombers reported the Russian press. Algeria has been negotiating with Russia to buy 14 Su-34E medium bombers for more than a year. It took more […]
The Su-34 bomber was performing a scheduled training flight. The pilots managed to eject and were not injured. The fall did not result in ground destruction. Its preliminary cause was called a technical malfunction. The […]
The Su-34 is a medium-range fighter-bomber, adopted by the Russian Air Force in the 1980s. The plane is expected to replace the aging Su-24 bomber, which has remained in service since the 1970s. So far […]
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