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Russian aviation was victim of its own propaganda, Ukraine's Air Force colonel Smazhnyi
Russian aviation was most active in penetrating deep into Ukraine during the first weeks of the full-scale war, but it became ...
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Despots Aloft
building the intercontinental Tu-4 bomber and fostering jet technology for his air force and for the fledgling Aeroflot airline. To the very end, Soviet propaganda organs portrayed him as the ...
The National Interest on MSN5d
The Su-27’s Legacy for the Russian Air Force
Powering the Su-27 are two Saturn AL-31F turbofan engines, each producing over 27,500 pounds of thrust with afterburners. These engines give the Flanker a top speed exceeding Mach 2.35 (around 1,550 ...
The National Interest26d
“The Night Witches”: The Soviet Air Force’s Deadliest Female Bomber Pilots
For part III, we’ll stick with the WWII Soviet Air Force, only this time we’re not merely going to discuss a couple of individual heroines, but an entire unit of them, and this time ...
The Asia Live3d
Close Encounter Over the Arctic: U.S. F-35A and Russian Su-35 in Near Collision
A recently surfaced video appears to show an unusually close and potentially hazardous interaction between a U.S. Air Force F ...
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Ukraine targets key Russian airbase with 'massive' drone attack
This photo shows a Maxar satellite image of Engels Air Base in Saratov Oblast, Russia, taken on Dec. 3, 2022./Maxar/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian authorities reported a “massive” Ukrain ...