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 […]
Yakovlev Yak-18T (OK-YAK, c/n 10-32) on the runway of Roudnice airfield, during the 15th Memorial Air Show, June 2019. At the beginning, there was a Yak-18, a two-seat, in tandem configuration, primary training aircraft designed […]
The specialized search and rescue group of the Central Military District (Поисково-спасательная группа ЦВО) has recently completed a training programme, in order to prepare the unit for this year´s space flight season. For the first […]
In the end of February 2021, the Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu has visited the JSC Kronstadt company, a specialized military manufacturer being the leader of Russian unmanned aircraft industry. This visit was broadly […]
Approximately a month ago we have informed about the first regular, although still called ´experimental´, deployment of the Northern Fleet fighter aircraft to Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Now, MiG-31BM interceptors of the 98th Separate Mixed Aviation […]
Although the final stage of this year´s edition of ´Aviadarts´ contest (being a part of the International Army Games, within the ´ARMY-2021´ military forum) will be held only in August, aviation units of the Russian […]
The second prototype of ´Ilya Muromets´ performed a demonstration flight with 16 passengers, setting a new world record for number of passengers carried. Although Igor Sikorsky is usually associated with helicopter industry and known as […]
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has recently released a set of photos taken during a fighter regiment training day organized in the Tver area by the 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of […]
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has announced the date of the International Military-Technical Forum ´ARMY-2021´ (Международный военно-технический форум «АРМИЯ-2021»). In accordance with the ordinance issued by the Government of Russia, the ´ARMY-2021´ […]
Kazan Helicopters company (being a manufacturer of Ansat and a part of Russian Helicopters holding) has received an approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Росавиация), to equip Ansat helicopters with Mku30 satellite communication system. […]
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