Maiden flight of Sukhoi PAK FA prototype, the aircraft also known as Sukhoi T-50 (company designation) and then as Su-57 (NATO reporting name: Felon, although unconfirmed). The roots of a Russian new generation fighter programme […]
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 […]
Only a short walk away from the famous ´Conquerors of Space´ memorial in Moscow, there is an interesting museum focused in the space exploration history, located within an area of the VDNH trade show and […]
At the end of last week, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation informed about the commencement of the MiG-31 combat duty in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. The regular, although still officially called as […]
On 15th January 2021, the crews from the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division (Tver) and 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (Seshcha) completed a joint training exercise in the Bryansk region. During this exercise, for the […]
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 […]
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. […]
Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has recently disclosed the information about assembling the first prototype of Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter, that already began at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant. Mi-171A3 comes with several […]
On 28th October 2020, Tupolev Tu-154M owned by Air Company ALROSA (Авиакомпания АЛРОСА) and registered as RA-85757, performed its final scheduled flight. The aircraft, carrying 140 passengers and flown by crew of Alexander Leshkevich, Nikolai […]
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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