PHOTO OF THE WEEK
2020
MILITARY AVIATION
Command flights are pointing the way
The so-called ´command flights´ (командирские полеты) are a fixed point in the annual schedule of aviation training within the Russian Aerospace Forces. They are practiced in all branches of the Russian military aviation and are […]
CIVIL AVIATION
New medical module for Ansat helicopters
The Russian Helicopters company has recently informed about the new medical module for Ansat helicopters that would be also equipped with station for transporting newborn babies. This device has already passed the necessary certification and […]
MILITARY AVIATION
´Pythons´ fuel the Qatari Rafales
The USAF recently informed in a press release about the first-ever refuelling mission performed by the 340th Expeditionary Aircraft Refuelling Squadron for Rafale fighter aircraft of the Qatar Emiri Air Force. This live-fly training was […]
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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 […]
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Gradient over St. Petersburg – tactical approach in practice
This week, the Russian Ministry of Defence published a press release about the training flights performed by the 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces (6-я Краснознамённая Ленинградская армия Военно-воздушных сил […]
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´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 […]
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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 […]
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On the wings of an ´Eagle´
A few days ago, on 25th November 2020, Captain Ana Perišić of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије) performed her first solo flight on a Soko J-22 […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Russian Army Aviation in Nagorno-Karabakh
As already mentioned in our report from opening an airlift to Armenia, the Russian Army Aviation Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters are included in the peacekeeping deployment to Nagorno-Karabakh. Those helicopters were, just like other military […]