soviet air forces

Putting this in his flying failures series of videos seems a bit harsh, especially in comparison to some of the other aircraft he’s featured in this line of videos. And that description certainly doesn’t seem to match what he actually says in the video. View: https://youtu.be/9UmFyakP0CQ

View: https://youtu.be/voJoOA9UUVM?si=_V1m5A9B-Cyj9qmJ View: https://youtu.be/oboGrWVgdxw?si=8EMkPC6kxYdMmG1d

hesham mentioned that he was considering creating a Bolkhovitinov designations list. So, I thought I'd make a start with my list. I'm sure there are plenty to add ... Aircraft Projects of Viktor Fyodorovich Bolkhovitinov Bolkhovitinov BDD - (Project) 1936 high-speed heavy bomber - BDD : More...

In my files this text, Trying to solve the problem of improving the air-to-ground performance of supersonic aircraft, several domestic design bureaus began working on projects for aircraft with additional lift engines. As a result, in the second half of the 1960s, a number of projects and...

Part 1 - December 1969 to August 1972 In 1965, the technical research department at OKB-51 Sukhoi received the first information about the start of development of a prospective tactical fighter programme for the US Air Force from US periodicals. No specific details were published of what its...

Trying to find the earliest year the MiG-21 received the SPS-141 ECM pod, and ASO-2 chaff/flare dispensers. First, for the SPS-141 there is the only the vague 1970s period usually mentioned online. But is there info as to what year exactly did the SPS-141 (SM-1 or SPS-141-100?) became...

Very little info seems to exist on these weapons. If anyone has any additional info this weapon (or weapons, maybe they are different from each other?) that would be great, such as ammunition types used, rate of fire, etc. Below is the info I've compiled so far, There seems to be a small...

I would like to know more about Soviet heavy fighters and night fighters.

This was apparently being developed for the Soviet T-4 and DSB-LK hypersonic bomber and were also planned for the Tu-160. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-45 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed5CYLk6B5Y&t=500s

Did the Soviets have any targeting pods? One I know of, for example, the SP-14S Prozhektor And did they have anything else besides that?

In the 80s, when the AdA withdrew its Mystère IVAs from service, some of them received somewhat special liveries !o_O It seems that one was painted in the colours of a fictitious Arab air force. Is there any picture of it ? :) View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chaika12/34357274081

PARG-1VV - R-8R (AA-3 Anab) PARG-10VV - R-4R (AA-5 Ash) PARG-12VV - R-40R (AA-6 Acrid) PARG-13VV - R-3R (AA-2 Aphid) PARG-14VV - R-98 (AA-3 Anab) PARG-15VV - R-4MR AAM (AA-5 Ash) PARG-30VV - R-25 AAM (Sparrow copy - CW - abandoned). PARG-50VV - R-13MK AAM (combined SARH and IR seeker -...

Many Tu-22M squadron fire cruise missile raid on enemy target and Japanese SHINKANSEN devastation screen shot from Japanese animation ″Future War 198X″. This post added Japanese SHINKANSEN devastation screen shots.

This thread was created to discuss the projects, plans, facilities, operations, and historical implications of the German interwar flight test center and military pilot training school that was developed in secrecy between the Germans and the Russians. This airfield played an important role in...

Good morning folks. I seem to remember back in the early 80's (1984 according to some research) there was a few satelite images released from a House Appropriations Committee of the MIG-29 and SU-27 on a runway during their respective developments (if I remember rightly) I also seem to remember...

Since the end of the First World War, bold attempts were made in the Soviet Union in the field of rockets and various types of weapons, although timid, but existing and somewhat significant for the hard period that the Union was going through at that time, sometimes typically handcrafted and...

MiG-19 Fake

I've read numerous books on Cold War histories, which included mention of Soviet air combat tactics, however I've not found one source that described the various air-to-air or air-to-ground tactics that the Soviets employed during the Cold War (either the USSR or their Warsaw Pact allies). This...

Grigorii Ivanovich Bakshayev was interested in the concept of variable geometry aircraft, where the size and/or shape of wings are altered according to the stage of flight, or desired characteristics. There are many methods of achieving this but one of the simplest is the telescopic wing, where...

Pretty simple, what if the Russians don't flip flop around with their 5th gen program and decide to keep developing the Mig 1.44? Would they have a 5th gen(ish) aircraft earlier? what would it's export potential be? how effective would it be? my 2 cents are It would be operational earlier that...