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The U.S. military released video of an extremely close encounter between a U.S. Air Force jet and Russian military aircraft in the skies near Alaska on Monday. The footage was taken on Sept. 23 ...
A Russian Su-35 aircraft flew dangerously close to a US F-16, per NORAD. The incident occurred during an intercept near Alaska. Video footage and photos showed the Su-35 flying past the F-16 ...
On 1 August 2015, the Russian Air Force, along with the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces and the Air Defense Troops, were merged into a new branch of the armed forces, now officially called the Russian Aerospace Forces. [2] On 30 September 2015, the VVS launched a military intervention in Syria, in Syria's Homs region. [24]
The Russian military said the flight originated from Chkalovsky Air Base near Moscow. [ 16 ] The Il-76 and the crew belonged to the 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment [ Wikidata ] (military base No. 45097), the regiment's tasks include servicing military vehicles transporting special cargo for material support of the Russian army.
The Russian Aerospace Forces (Russian: VKS) [2] or Russian Air and Space Forces[3][a] comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was established on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force (VVS) and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO), as recommended ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has removed Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed "General Armageddon", as head of the air force after he vanished from public view during a Wagner mercenary mutiny against the top ...
A Russian Air Force Su-34. A Russian Air Force Su-35S. 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.
Vostok 2022 (Russian: Восток 2022, lit. 'East 2022') was a large-scale Russian military exercise held in the Russian Eastern Military District (encompassing Siberia and the country's Far East, including the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk) from September 1 to September 7, 2022. [1][2][3] It was supervised by the Chief of the General ...