Category Aviation

Venezuela will buy from Russia at least 12 new planes of SU for the armed forces, the president of the South American country Nicolas Maduro declared on Sunday. He acted on air base Libertador in the state Aragua where paid a memory tribute to two pilots of the fighter Su-30 which broke on September 17 around border with Colombia.

"I will talk to president Vladimir Putin to bring not less than 12 new SU and to replace what was lost, we will Continue reading →

The USA and their partners in a coalition already put on dzhikhadist of «The Islamic state» in Syria and Iraq more than seven thousand airstrikes, but even by the most optimistical estimates the result of bombings is very modest.

Advance of YOKES managed to be constrained, but it is not necessary to speak about defeat of Islamists. What we have a basis to believe, what Russia will cope with a task better?

Russia does not hide that the military Continue reading →

Along with shock aircraft in the form of attack planes of Su-25, the bombers Su-24M and Su-34 the Russian VKS in Syria apply latest Su-30CM to patrol of air space. This supermaneuverable plane is considered now one of the best in the world.

Its export options consist on arms of Algeria, Malaysia and India. In the last the mass production of this fighter which is considered pride of the Indian military and air forces is adjusted. Pilots of the Indian Continue reading →

In the American Air Force are afraid that Russians during operation in Syria can receive the classified information on the hardly noticeable fighter F-22 for a radar, writes the National Interest magazine. Article published in it is provided by RIA Novosti news agency.

«Operation in Syria will allow Russia to test, on the one hand, in real fighting conditions the advanced planes Su-30CM and Su-34. With the same purpose of the USA developed in the Continue reading →

Deliveries of 16 educational and fighting fighters Yak-130 to Bangladesh will begin on September 17, the general director of Rostekh Group Sergey Chemezov told to journalists.

"Shipment of the first Yak-130 party to Bangladesh on September 17 will begin: six units from 16, provided by the contract will be put. Just in enterprise shops we saw planes preparing for shipment", – S. Chemezov told during visit of Irkutsk aircraft factory together Continue reading →

The supersonic passenger Concorde airliner again want to lift in air – after a 12-year break. Such plans are how realistic? The correspondent of BBC Future tried to find out it.

On November 26, 2003 one of the legendariest heads in the history of aircraft was closed.

This day made the last flight of supersonic Concorde – one of planes of the British Airways company landed in Filton’s airfield nearby to Bristol then any car of this type did not Continue reading →

On Wednesday, September 3, the Russian government during meeting made the decision about transfers to the president of Russia Vladimir Putin the agreement between Russia and Belarus on the Russian aviation base in the Belarusian territory for the signature.

As they say in the message placed on a site of the Russian government, signing of the Agreement will promote the organization of joint protection of external border of the Union State in air Continue reading →

Moscow poured in a tar spoon in Alexander Lukashenko’s election campaign, having brought up a question of air base placement in Belarus. The offer to Vladimir Putin to sign with Minsk the agreement in this respect discussed on September 2 the Russian government.

In the message of its press service it is noted that «signing of the agreement will promote the organization of joint protection of external border of the Union State in air space and to Continue reading →

In situated near Moscow Zhukovsky on Sunday the International air show "MAX-2015" on whom the best domestic pilots showed aerobatics came to the end.

Despite a strong wind and, as a whole adverse weather, organizers of an air show did not begin to change the program.

During the day in the sky over guests of salon rose both modern models of planes, and aeronautic cars of times of the Great Patriotic War. Pleased gathered and the well-known Continue reading →

The Pentagon published satellite pictures which, according to the American military, prove existence of the Russian planes in Syria. About it reports ABC News.

On the published photos the planes built in a row in airfield near the Syrian Latakia are visible. The American military identified them as the fighters Su-30CM and attack planes of Su-25. Everything, according to the Pentagon, Russia during the last days in addition to four Su-30CM which Continue reading →