MILITARY AVIATION
Into the night sky
It sounds a bit of a cliché to say that night flying requires advanced skills and capabilities, but that´s the way it is. Practically every aspect of flying is completely different in the dark. The […]
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MILITARY AVIATION
´Aviadarts-2021´ completed its all-army stage
´Aviadarts-2021´ competition – being a part of annual International Army Games – has just completed its all-army stage. Final national phase of that live-fly contest was organized between 21st May and 5th June at Dyagilevo […]
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26th anniversary of EMERCOM aviation component
On 10th May 2021, aviation component of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (usually abbreviated in Russian as Министерство по чрезвычайным ситуациям – МЧС, […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Final MTA training of 2020
Although the last days of December are often associated with holidays and preparations to celebrate the coming year, there are many professions without getting any time off. And military pilots are among them. At the […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
25 December 1979 – first Soviet troops landed in Kabul and Bagram
The first Soviet troops landed in Kabul and Bagram – the Soviet-Afghan War officially began. When, in April of 1978, the Saur Revolution (also known as April Revolution or April Coup) ended the rule of […]
MILITARY AVIATION
´Friendship-2020´ military exercise
The joint Russian-Pakistani military exercise ´Friendship-2020´ («Дружба-2020»), also known as ´Friendship-V´ («Дружба-V»), was for the fifth time organized in November 2020. More than 150 special forces operators from both countries participated in this training, supported […]
MILITARY AVIATION
In the dark of the night
Crews from the Russian Military Transport Aviation participated in the scheduled night flying training, organized during the last week of November, in the Tver area. More than ten transport aircraft from the 12th Military Transport […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Airlift to Armenia – transport operation of the peacekeeping forces to Nagorno-Karabakh
In recent days, the whole world was watching an armed conflict between Azerbaijan and the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, so-called 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Being a relatively short conflict, the war ended up after just six […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Airborne operation at ´Slavic Brotherhood – 2020´ tactical exercise
An annual, joint tactical exercise ´Slavic Brotherhood – 2020´ was held between 14th and 25th September this year, at Brestsky training ground, located near Brest, the Republic of Belarus. More than 6000 soldiers and 500 […]
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Russia celebrates the 90th anniversary of Airborne Forces
Only a week after the Day of the Russian Navy, this year being celebrated on 26th July, another military holiday was observed in Russia. The feast, officially known as the Airborne Forces Day (День Воздушно-десантных […]