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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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Joint exercise of Serbian and US special forces

6 December 2021 Jacek Domański

A three-week joint exercise of Serbian and US special forces was held this past month, at Peskovi training ground in eastern Serbia. The special operation forces of both countries had focused on practising anti-terrorism operations, […]

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Modernization of the Voronezh air base

1 December 2021 Jacek Domański

On 24th November 2021, the Voronezh Malshevo air base (also known as Voronezh Southwest or just Baltimor) was officially opened after its modernization. The airfield will be a new home for Sukhoi Su-34 strike fighters […]

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Nesterov loop over the South Ural

29 November 2021 Jacek Domański

In the middle of November 2021, Su-34 aviation crews of the Central Military District performed a series of live-fly exercises in the area of South Ural region. Among elements of the training, advanced aerobatic manoeuvres […]

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Airborne training in austere environment

22 November 2021 Jacek Domański

On 9th November this year, US Army aviators, Air Force tactical air control specialists and Air Force special warfare airmen conducted a joint airborne training in the vicinity of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska. The […]

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Bomber Task Force over the North Sea

17 November 2021 Jacek Domański

On 10th November 2021, the Bomber Task Force – one of the US commitments to the collective defence of NATO – performed a simulated targeting mission over the North Sea. During that exercise, the UK-based […]

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