Russia’s first new-build example of the Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber made its debut flight on 12 January. The test flight took place at the aerodrome of Kazan Aviation Plant in Tatarstan, Russia. The aircraft was […]
A Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM2 fighter jet that crashed this week may have been accidentally shot down by another Su-35 plane during exercises, the state-run TASS news agency reported Wednesday. The Su-30 was on a routine […]
A Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber belonging to the Russian Air Force crashed Tuesday in the Kaluga region, learned GDC citing Tass News agency. Russian media on March. 23, 2021, reported that a Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bomber crashed at […]
Thieves have stolen electronic equipment from a Russian military aircraft known as a “doomsday plane” for its role in the country’s nuclear arsenal, local media report. Reports say unknown thieves broke into the Ilyushin Il-80 […]
Russia is upgrading some of its Sukhoi Su-33 carrier fighter, specifically, those airframes that have sufficient lifetime remaining, so as to keep them operational until 2025, as per Major General Igor Kozhin, chief for aviation […]
The MiG-29 is one of the world’s most prolific fighter jets. It currently serves in most East European, Africa and Southeast Asian air forces. It’s the fifth most common combat aircraft in the world, even […]
At the end of October, Russian will start producing airframe and testing of the Su-57 fighter. Russia has shut the production of Su-57 due to technical difficulties associated with the aircraft, Russian Defence Minister Sergei […]
A few days ago, the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian defense department is very seriously concerned about the increased frequency of accidents involving Russian […]
In a move to add numerical boost to IAF’s dwindling fighter squadron strength, the Indian Air Force (IAF) ordered 33 secondhand combat aircrafts including 21 mothballed MiG-29s from Russian Air Force and 12 Sukhoi 30s […]
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia in the 1980s and 1990s focused on improving its fourth-generation Cold War aircraft instead of new-generation models like the Su-57. Bolshakov blames the situation on Russia’s weak […]
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