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Long-awaited delivery – new Su-57s and Su-35S for the Russian Aerospace Forces

21 September 2024 Jacek Domański

On 12th September 2024, the PJSC United Aircraft Corporation – UAC (Объединенная авиастроительная корпорация – ОАК), being a part of the Rostec corporation, officially informed about the new delivery of combat aircraft for the Russian […]

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Aviation component of Union Courage 2022

16 February 2022 Jacek Domański

Union Courage 2022 (Союзная решимость-2022) – a joint tactical exercise of Russian and Belarusian armed forces – is one of the most frequently talked-about events in the world right now. As it often happens, the […]

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Four modernized Sukhoi fighters for the Baltic Fleet

31 January 2022 Jacek Domański

Last week, the naval aviation component of the Baltic Fleet received four modernized Sukhoi Su-30SM2 fighters. The aircraft were handed over to the fleet at their manufacturing plant in Irkutsk and then made a multi-kilometre […]

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A day with the interceptors (2)

18 January 2022 Jacek Domański

Nearly a year ago, we have published a photo report from a day in Khotilovo (Хотилово) air base, a home of the 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment (790-й истребительный авиационный полк). That report met with the […]

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Refuelling the ´Bears´ over the Far East

10 January 2022 Jacek Domański

Beginning of the year is usually a great opportunity to summarise the activities taken in the past twelve months. It is no different in the military world and that´s why the Russian Aerospace Forces have […]

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From cadet to sniper – classification of VKS airmen

6 January 2022 Jacek Domański

At the end of last year, more than forty young pilots who recently graduated from aviation schools of the Russian Aerospace Forces, have arrived to aviation regiments in the Tver area. There, within the training […]

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First training of this winter season

20 December 2021 Jacek Domański

As winter came along, it is the right time for low-temperature training flights. Personnel of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces army (6-я армия ВВС и ПВО) of the Western Military District was among […]

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Arrival of new Su-35S fighters to Lipetsk

15 December 2021 Jacek Domański

Another batch of Sukhoi Su-35S multirole fighters has been just received by aviation research and training centre in Lipetsk. As announced by the Russian MoD, on 13th December 2021 the new aircraft were transferred from […]

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80th anniversary of aviation regiment in Chelyabinsk

13 December 2021 Jacek Domański

On 6th December 2021, the aviation regiment located at Chelyabinsk Shagol air force base, and being a part of the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defence (14-я армия ВВС и ПВО), celebrated […]

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105th anniversary of Aviation Engineering Service (VKS)

8 December 2021 Jacek Domański

On 7th December, the Aviation Engineering Service – AES (Инженерно-авиационная служба) of the Air Force Command of the Russian Aerospace Forces celebrated its 105th anniversary. The first aviation-related engineering posts within the Russian armed forces […]

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