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Aviation heroes honoured in Yekaterinburg

6 January 2021 Jacek Domański

On 3rd January 2021, within the area of an air base in Yekaterinburg (used by the separated military transport aviation regiment of the Central Military District), an Alley of the Russian Glory was officially opened. […]

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Yakovlev Yak-23 / Як-23

15 December 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Yakovlev Yak-23 (NATO reporting name ´Flora´), Polish Air Force ´06´, exhibited at the static display during a joint event of the 10th anniversary of F-16 service in the Polish Air Force and the Polish Air […]

AVIATION HISTORY

Aircraft and a whole lot more – Vadim Zadorozhny´s Museum of Vehicles

15 November 2020 Jacek Domański

Just about five kilometres from the Moscow city limits, located in the small settlement called Arkhangelskoye, there is one of the most amazing museums in Russia and even in Europe – Vadim Zadorozhny´s Museum of […]

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19 June 1952 – maiden flight of Yakovlev Yak-25

19 June 2020 Jacek Domański

The maiden flight of Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO reporting name “Flashlight”), turbojet interceptor aircraft. Yak-25 (initially developed as Yak-120) was answering the requirements for a long-range, high-altitude interceptor fighter, to be used in the northern and […]

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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 ´Red 3´

25 March 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 ´Red 3´, serial number 163306, exhibited during Open Day of Aviation Legends Foundation (Fundacja Legendy Lotnictwa), Biała Podlaska (Poland), 2014. This ´Gustav´ is one of about 12,000 examples of Bf 109 manufactured […]

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Southern Military District to get the first serial Su-57 multirole fighters.

14 June 2019 Piotr Dudek

The sources in the Russian Ministry of Defence claim that one of the fighter regiments of the Southern Military District may be the first to receive the serial Su-57 fifth generation fighters. According to Izvestya […]

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