Su vs MiGs in the sky over Africa

Su vs MiGs in the sky over Africa

Twenty years ago, our production aircraft came together in air battles thousands of kilometers from Russia. Ethiopia and Eritrea fought each other with our technology ...
Helicopters aviation Navy. New and updated

Helicopters aviation Navy. New and updated

Russian Navy aviation has a fairly large fleet of different types of helicopters. The park needs modernization. New projects are being developed ...
The National Interest: Su-35 and its big problem

The National Interest: Su-35 and its big problem

Foreign military and specialists monitor the actions of the Russian army in Syria and draw conclusions. The National Interest found a serious problem with Russian fighters! ...
Tu-95 "Bear": 66 years in the sky

Tu-95 "Bear": 66 years in the sky

The Tu-95 strategic bomber (according to the NATO codification: Bear) is an aviation long-liver. 66 years is more than the planned retirement age for men ...
The inglorious end of the Black Widow. Why lost YF-23

The inglorious end of the Black Widow. Why lost YF-23

In August, the 1990 was the first time that a fifth-generation American fighter, the YF-23 Black Widow II, developed by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas, took to the skies. He could be the first ...
Dot start for jet planes

Dot start for jet planes

The problem of a non-aerodrome launch in the USSR began to work in the 1950-s. One of the projects based on the MiG-19 interceptor fighter was implemented ...
Mitsubishi Kamikaze Ki-167 Sakuradan (Japan)

Mitsubishi Kamikaze Ki-167 Sakuradan (Japan)

Japanese kamikazes flew on mass-produced aircraft of various types. There were attempts to create vehicles with enhanced combat capabilities (Ki-167 “Sakuradan” aircraft) ...
"Nakadzima" Ki-115 "Tsurugi": a plane for kamikazes

"Nakadzima" Ki-115 "Tsurugi": a plane for kamikazes

At the final stage of World War II, Japan used kamikaze pilots. For them were created samples of aviation technology, incl. plane Tsi-115 "Tsurugi" from the company "Nakajima" ...
NASA AD-1: aircraft with a swivel wing

NASA AD-1: aircraft with a swivel wing

NASA AD-1 (Ames Dryden-1) is an experimental aircraft designed to study the concept of the rotary wing of an asymmetrically variable sweep. He became the world's first plane with a slanting wing ...
Attack Helicopters. Terrible rotorcraft

Attack Helicopters. Terrible rotorcraft

Attack helicopters, these carriers of the fire tornado, can destroy the enemy’s fortifications, his tanks, rocket and artillery installations, cover the infantry with fire, hunting the enemy day and night! ...
Father of nazi fighters

Father of nazi fighters

120 years ago was born a man to whom Hitler's Germany was obliged to be one of the most effective and efficient aircraft. But the way to the top of the German aircraft industry was for him a long and difficult ...