Mil Mi-6PZh2 / Ми-6ПЖ2 (c/n 9683901V, formerly “41” of the Soviet Air Force / Военно-воздушные силы СССР), exhibited at the Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) in Monino, July 2017. In the […]
On 27 February 1965, prototype of the Antonov An-22 Antey, a heavy turboprop strategic transport aircraft (NATO reporting name: “Cock”), performed its maiden flight from Kyiv to Uzyn. The An-22 was intended as the third […]
Yakovlev Yak-27R / Як-27Р, NATO reporting name “Mangrove” (c/n 477, formerly “0708” – “red 28” of the Soviet Air Force), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. In the early 1950s, the Soviet […]
The Lavochkin construction bureau, also known as OKB-301, is best-known for its propeller-driven fighters, such as the LaGG-1, the LaGG-3, the La-5 and its derivatives, widely used during the Second World War, as well as […]
When, in April 1978, the Saur Revolution (also known as the April Revolution or April Coup) ended the rule of Mohammed Daoud Khan as President of Afghanistan, few expected that it would soon develop into […]
On 5th April 1948, a British Vickers VC.1B Viking airliner and a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter aircraft collided in mid-air in the airspace above Berlin, near RAF Gatow station. Historical background of the […]
On 8th April 1950, four Lavochkin La-11 fighters intercepted a US Navy aircraft, performing signal intelligence (SIGNIT) mission off the Soviet coast of the Baltic Sea. That aircraft, a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, was shot down […]
Ilyushin Il-78M-90A / Ил-78М-90А, NATO reporting name ´Midas´ (c/n 02-01, Russian Aerospace Forces RF-78741), prototype of aerial tanker based on an Ilyushin Il-76MD-90 strategic airlifter, static display at MAKS aviation fair, August/September 2019. The first […]
On 29th October 1936 (or 28th October, depending on the source), four Tupolev SB-2 bombers raided Tablada airfield near Sevilla, in support of Republican forces. It was the very first time during the Spanish Civil […]
6 August 1941 – night-ramming of a German Heinkel He 111 bomber by V.V. Talalikhin. Viktor Vasilevich Talalikhin (Виктор Васильевич Талалихин) was born on 18th September 1918 in Tepolvka village, near Saratov. In 1934, his […]
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