The experience of local conflicts has shown that a helicopter armed with anti-tank guided missiles is one of the most effective means of fighting tanks ....

Back in the years of World War II, attack aircraft pilots were faced with the fact that it was very difficult to achieve hits from cannons in a single tank. But at the same time the speed of the IL-2 was about two times ...

The slightly changed name suggests that today we will look at planes that are not related to the usual Red Army and Luftwaffe air forces. Today we will talk about the hydroaviation, which was administered by the fleets ....

When this material comes out, we will be at the funeral of Yuri Kopylov, our fellow countryman who died in Syria. A sad moment about which nothing more can be said. But I want to say a few words about ...

Despite the low efficiency of supersonic fighter-bombers in the implementation of direct air support for ground units and actions against tanks, ...

During the first decades of the 20th century, in parallel with the development of the aircraft, their propellers were improved. From time to time, revolutionary new ideas were offered, some of which did not reach ...

After the war, the USSR continued to work on new armored attack aircraft. Simultaneously with the creation of fighters and front-line bombers with turbojet engines was conducted ...

Exactly 175 years ago, 29 September 1842, an Englishman, William Henson, received a patent for the world's first detailed design of an airplane with a mechanical engine for air cargo and passenger traffic ....

For the third time, joint exercises of Russian and Serbian pilots BARS are held. Once the parties trained in Russia, once - in Serbia. The third time the pilots gathered in the territory of the ZVO, where ...

October 6 The first flight of the 1977 was made by a prototype of the MiG-29. The MiG-29 is a Soviet / Russian lightweight 4 generation front-line fighter developed by the OKB MiG specialists ....

We can immediately say that transport aircraft is one of the components of the Air Force, without which it is difficult to imagine the normal work of any army of that time. Urgent cargo delivery, troop transfer, ...

After talking about fighters and bombers, we turn to the third component of the air triad of the two armies. Moreover, there are also many interesting moments here ....

At the start of 1943, Jack Northrop’s firm began developing a promising flying wing fighter. The result of a bold project, developed over the next few years, was ...

IL-2 attack aircraft proved to be a powerful means of destroying enemy personnel, equipment and fortifications. Due to the presence of a powerful built-in small arms and cannon armament, a wide range ...

Exactly 75 years ago, on September 21, 1942, the XB-29, the prototype of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress strategic bomber, performed its first test flight. All over ...

In parallel with the development of promising bomber Jack Northrop company worked on the creation of a new fighter scheme "flying wing". For obvious reasons, this program began with ...

Even in our time, it is not that impressive, it is stunning. Especially if you get inside. Emotions from feeling inside this enormous apparatus are overwhelming simply because you understand that IT IS ...

Having studied the themes of the so-called. flying wing, Jack Northrop set out to create a full-fledged combat aircraft such a scheme. To explore the prospects of this direction in the early forties were built ...

The first “flying wing” of Jack Northrop allowed to collect the required information about such aircraft, and thus opened the way for new projects. After a long break from research ...

In the second half of 1940, the air forces of most European countries began to switch to jet aircraft. However, not all of them could rely on their own development. TO...

In the mid-30s, military theorists in different countries began to view tanks operating in conjunction with motorized infantry as the main strike weapon in a future war. Simultaneously...

Aircraft designer John Knudsen Northrop glorified the projects of the flying wing scheme. For several decades of engineering work, he created a number of similar machines. The first one was called ...

IL-16 was an experienced attack aircraft, work on which began in 1944 year, but due to major defects in the design of the propeller unit and the completion of the Second World War were stopped ...

After the end of the Cold War, US defense spending in the 90s was significantly reduced. This was reflected not only in the scale of arms purchases and new developments, but also led to ...