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Russian Air Force. The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные силы России, romanized: Voenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii, VVS) is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. [2]
A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade. A Beriev A-50 in flight. A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield. An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment. An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB. A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight. A Yak-130 at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow. Aircraft.
This is a list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of Russia. The list further encompasses Russia's experimental aircraft and those currently in development. The figures presented below do not account for losses incurred in Ukraine, as conflicting ...
Andrii Borysovych Pilshchykov ( Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Пільщиков; 3 February 1993 [3] [4] – 25 August 2023) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the call sign "Juice" (Джус) and a captain [5] in the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade [6] of the Ukrainian Air Force. [7] [1] [2] He was qualified as a 2nd Class pilot ...
The Russian Naval Aviation (Russian: Авиация Военно-морского флота России, romanized: Aviatsiya Voenno-morskovo Flota Rossii) is the air arm of the Russian Navy, a successor of Soviet Naval Aviation. The Russian Navy is divided into four fleets and one flotilla: Northern Fleet, Pacific Fleet, Baltic Fleet, Black ...
The Sukhoi Su-57 (Russian: Сухой Су-57; NATO reporting name: Felon) [3] [4] is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. [5] It is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: ПАК ФА, prospective aeronautical complex of front-line aviation) programme, which was initiated in 1999 as a more modern and affordable alternative to the MFI (Mikoyan Project 1.44/1.42).
The Sukhoi Su-35 (Russian: Сухой Су -35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E/M) is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable air superiority fighters, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by Sukhoi . The type was originally developed by the ...
Fighter pilot. Known for. Defecting to the U.S. with MiG-25 in 1976. Viktor Belenko's military ID. Viktor Ivanovich Belenko ( Russian: Виктор Иванович Беленко; February 15, 1947 – September 24, 2023) was a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and Soviet pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his MiG-25 ...