Category Aviation

On Thursday, September 24, in the sky over Syria the Russian fighters were noticed. About it on Friday, September 25, reports the American TV channel CNN referring to an informed circle.

The American official, which name is not called, told CNN that the Russian fighters were switched off by transponder in the sky over Syria «in obvious attempt to avoid detection». According to the interlocutor of CNN, fighters flied very close to the transport Continue reading →

The Russian VKS group in Syria increases blows on objects of IGIL – after the front bombers Su-24M and Su-34, and also attack planes of Su-25, destruction of terrorists was started by shock helicopters of army aircraft Mi-24. A video footage on which fighting work several "dvadtsatchetverok" is embodied, appeared one of these days in a network.

Video certificates of presence of the Russian rotary-wing cars appear even more often. So, Continue reading →

are noticed

Fighters of «The Syrian free army» published the video made, allegedly, around the province Homs on YouTube. On record the Il-76 military transport plane (probably, its option – the Il-78 tanker) accompanied by four Su-24 bombers in a coloring is visible, to characteristic Russia for the Air Force.

The authorship of a roller is determined by a SSA logo in the top left corner of the screen. The operator making shooting, emotionally Continue reading →

The Air Force of Russia on Sunday carried out more than 20 prospecting flights over Mukhafaza Deyr-ez-zore, shooting scenes of moving of divisions and groups of supply of IGIL on the strategic route in Al-Anbar’s province in the west of Iraq.

According to a military source in the Syrian Arab army, the Air Force of Russia notified officers of the 104th brigade of airborne forces of the Republican guard deployed in Deyr-ez-zore that from military Continue reading →

As in Armenia estimate operation of the Russian VKS in Syria and dispute because of it between Moscow and Washington.

The decision of the Federation Council on use of the Russian VKS in Syria gives to the Syrian conflict concrete outlines and pursues two main tactical aims – protection of army of president Bashar Assad and a Kurdish militia against air attacks, and also support loyal to Assad of forces from air. In the global plan it only a part Continue reading →

In situated near Moscow Zhukovsky there passes the next International aerospace salon (MAX). The first days – for experts and businessmen. On Friday the air show which will proceed during week-end. begins. Half a million tickets is sold. On scope of an air show our MAX does not know equal in the world. Beauty is urged to compensate commercial infantilism of an air show

Present MAX importance is emphasized that the new type of armies – Aerospace Continue reading →

After two decades of oblivion, Russian aircraft endures the financial petrodollar Renaissance.

In 2010 of the Air Force and sea aircraft bought only 19 new planes with a motionless wing. The number of new planes increased to 24 in 2011, 35 in 2012, 51 years later, and enormous 101 in 2014. This year the Kremlin expects to get 91 new planes. But for this modernization, there is one important thing which cannot still make the Air Force of Russia.

Continue reading →

The Russian aviation group placed in the Syrian airfield Hemim, struck the first dot blows to objects of the international terrorist organization «Islamic state».

«Planes of the shock aircraft equipped with modern complexes of defeat, struck blows to eight objects are armouries and ammunition, combustive-lubricating materials, military equipment, management points, communication centers, vehicles of fighters of IGIL. All purposes are struck, – Continue reading →

The representative of concern «Radio-electronic technologies» Vladimir Mikheyev reported that in new updating of a strategic rocket carrier of Tu-160М2 the principle of integrated and modular avionics allowing components of onboard electronics to replace and restore each other will be used.

«In Tu-160М2 each electronic block of the plane will be capable to prosecute if necessary all subjects – for example, the complex of electronic fight can carry Continue reading →

The bomber with a wing of a changeable strelovidnost of Su-24 – the checked fighting vehicle which is capable to provide to the Russian aviagroup in Syria efficiency of distant shock operations, is told in article published in the National Interest magazine. The translation of article gives RIA Novosti news agency.

«On some Su-24 parameters (on codification of NATO of Fencer, "Fencer") can appear for carrying out operations even more Continue reading →