The strangest plane ever created by NASA
Your eyes are not deceiving you: the wings of this aircraft are beveled, and turned 60 degrees relative to the fuselage. Aircraft Slant Wing AD-1 is the strangest aircraft ever ...
Combat aviation on the verge of a massive update
Russian air forces are preparing for a serious modernization of the aircraft fleet. In the near future, the combat units will actually receive a significant number of new aircraft and helicopters for the first time in the last 20 years ...
Su-27: 40 years to the best Russian fighter
In January, 1971, signing the order to start work on the next aviation project, Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi, one of the best Soviet aircraft designers, could hardly guess the scale of fame and ...
This is not the fifth generation fighter
Beijing made the first move in developing its fifth generation fighter. The progress of China's aircraft industry is impressive, but at the same time, the life of Chinese designers is significantly complicated by a number of ...
Waiting for the fifth generation machine
In the Air Force of the Russian Federation in 2011 – 2015, up to three regiments will be formed, equipped with Su-35 generation “4 ++”. Su-35 is a deeply modernized super-maneuverable ...
NASA unveiled three 2025 aircraft of the year.
NASA unveiled three conceptual designs of quiet, energy-efficient aircraft, which may take off no later than 2025. Each of the options was proposed by one of three companies: ...
Kuban first experienced a new generation of helicopters
The first batch of new Mi-8AMTSH helicopters (“Terminator”), consisting of ten copies, entered service in the combat regiment of army aviation in Kuban. On this occasion, in the military ...
Air Force: normal flight
Army aircraft was in a deplorable state when in 2003, it was transferred to the Air Force of Russia. Thanks to measures taken by the leadership of the country, the Defense Ministry and the command of the Air Force, ...
"Night hunter" from Torzhok. Secrets of the new Mi-28N
Fight at any time of the day and regardless of weather conditions, easily hitting targets at maximum range, while remaining inaccessible for enemy weapons. All these combat ...
China raised a secret fighter to the sky
The Chinese military have tested the newest fighter of the fifth generation. At one of the local news sites, the first images of an airplane in the air made by amateur photographers appeared. In the pictures that ...
Su-47 "Golden Eagle" - an experimental multi-role fighter
At the end of September 1997, a historic event took place in the history of Russian aviation - the flight of a new experimental aircraft, the Su-47 "Berkut", took place, which may become ...
China has created a fifth-generation fighter threatening Russian T-50
China, according to some reports, has independently created a prototype of a fifth-generation aircraft using stealth technology - it can take off today. First images ...
PAK FA versus F-22 Raptor
It is planned that the new Russian fighter PAK FA will be a kind of response to the American fighter F-22 Raptor. Until now, in the world it is the only active fighter of the fifth generation, ...
Advantage of Sukhoi fighters recognized abroad
The Ministry of Defense of Taiwan is concerned about air superiority from the Chinese Air Force. This is reported by Russian and foreign news agencies with reference to the Taiwanese press. According to information...
From 2011, the formation of regiments from Su-35 will begin
In the 2011 - 2015, up to three regiments will be formed in the Russian Air Force, equipped with super-maneuverable multi-role fighters Su-35, a spokesman said.
China began testing fifth-generation fighter?
Several Chinese defense forums posted images of the new fighter. The photographs show a combat aircraft, whose structural elements resemble an American fighter ...
Top 10 fastest military aircraft
Soviet single-seat supersonic high-altitude interceptor designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau. The legendary aircraft, which has set several world records, including ...
Aviation rocket RS-2-CSS
At the end of the 1940-x — the beginning of the 1950-s, the USSR developed several air-to-air guided missiles. The real results were achieved by the designers who created the RS-1-U rocket. Their work...
Winged "Dolphin"
Since the aviator profession has become widespread, there has been a need for training aircraft. They were needed for the initial training of pilots, and to maintain the required level of flight ...
Abandoned Catalina: 50 years between the sea and the desert
This beautiful seaplane appeared between the sea and the desert of Saudi Arabia, and remained there for almost 50 years. Aircraft PBY-5A Catalina, a military American seaplane manufactured with ...
White Swan
In NATO it is called "Black Jack", in the US - "Air terminator". And only Russians affectionately say "White Swan". For the external grace of the Tu-160, ...
The refined T-50 prototype takes off at the beginning of 2011.
The second flight prototype of the fifth-generation T-50 aircraft will take to the air at the start of the 2011 of the year after testing all the systems, President of the United Aircraft Building ...
Gift to pilots
The transfer of four Su-34 front-line bombers to Russian air forces will be held at the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association (NAPO) at the end of December. This is the final batch ...
Harrier fighter: from the fearless fighter to the last flight
The British Air Force fighter "Harrier" after 40 years of service was removed from service, as a result of cuts in defense spending. The aircraft, put into service in 1969, noted his resignation ...