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 weeks, with signing a ceasefire agreement on 10th November 2020. One of the conditions of the abovementioned agreement was... Read More

St. Petersburg is ready to celebrate the Navy Day

While the usual aviation events – as air shows, fairs and open-doors days – are cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak, the parades organized on military holidays are one of the few aviation activities that are still realized. In May, the celebration of the Victory Day in Europe resulted in several attractive aviation flypasts and... Read More

2020 Victory Parade – the second run

On 24th June 2020 – a month and a half after the Victory Day in Europe, and six weeks since its initially scheduled date – the Victory Parade in Moscow took place, commemorating the 75th jubilee of victory over the Nazi Germany in the World War II. At the Red Square, heads of state... Read More

When the sky is not blue – all-weather pilot training

Since the beginning of military aviation, an all-weather capability was a desired objective of any air force. The dream came true in 1950s, with introduction of first all-weather jets, but still it has taken awhile for this feature to become a standard. Apart from the technological capabilities, the key to all-weather flying is pilot... Read More

In-flight refuelling practice of Russian military aviation

The beginning of this year for Russian aviation was marked by intensive trainings on air-to-air refuelling procedures. Both the Russian naval aviation and tactical units from the Aerospace Forces performed several scheduled day- and night-refuelling practices. In the second part of February, the crews of Su-30SM multipurpose fighters and Su-24M bomber aircraft from the... Read More

Preparations began for the 75th jubilee Victory Day Parade

The annual Victory Day, celebrating the victory over the Nazi Germany in 1945 and honouring the World War II soldiers, is a principal military holiday celebrated in Russia and other CIS countries. Although there are more than two months left for 9th May, the preparations for 75th jubilee anniversary already began a few weeks... Read More

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105 / МиГ-105

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105.11 test orbital vehicle, also known as Experimental Passenger Orbital Aircraft – EPOS (экспериментальный пилотируемый орбитальный самолет – ЭПОС), exhibited in the Central Air Force Museum in Monino, Moscow area. The idea of an orbital spaceplane, that could be easily adopted for military purposes, was born as early as 1920s. One of the... Read More

PAK DA engines to be tested this year

According to the information released by ´Rostec´ state corporation, the tests of engines for the new Russian long-range strategic bomber system PAK DA will start at the end of 2020. The engines will be mounted at the Ilyushin Il-76LL test-bed aircraft (´LL´ stands for Летающая лаборатория – ´flying laboratory´) and the contract of value... Read More

100 aircraft for Russian Air Force in 2020

At the beginning of new year 2020, the Ministry of Defence of Russian Federation released an official information regarding the ongoing modernization of the Russian Aerospace Forces inventory. According to this release, in 2020 the Russian Air Force is going to receive approximately 100 new or modernized aircraft. A few other information, focused on... Read More

XIV International Aviation and Space Salon – a short overview of MAKS-2019

XIV International Aviation and Space Salon (Международный авиационно-космический салон), usually also called ´MAKS-2019´, was held at Zhukovsky International Airport / Gromov Flight Research Institute, Moscow area, between 27th August and 1st September 2019. The 14th edition of the biggest aviation event in Russia, being both the air show and trade fair, attracted more than... Read More