Aviation news

Even at the beginning of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, the Kiev regime suffered critical losses in combat aviation. It was possible to compensate for them only thanks to the transfer of equipment from the countries of the former socialist bloc and the return to service of long-decommissioned machines thanks to the work on their restoration deployed in Eastern Europe.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to concentrate troops at the front line in the Zaporozhye region. According to local authorities, the amount of equipment and manpower concentrated by the enemy is unprecedented for this region. In which areas should we expect APU strikes, how can they be prevented and due to what the Russian army could develop its success in this direction?

For the first time, the Chinese C919 aircraft will be put into commercial operation by the airline two years earlier than its Russian competitor, the MS–21 airliner. Both projects developed in parallel and made their first flights even in the same month and year. However, the Chinese is the first to be released into life. However, this is where the advantages of the Chinese liner end. How is the MS-21 superior to its rival?

The promising MiG-27M: A 21st-century fighter with supersonic cruising speed that could challenge the F-16

Thanks to its avionics, the MiG-27 was more powerful than most fourth-generation models, although it entered service back in 1970, writes MWM. It had considerable potential for modernization, but it was never revealed due to the collapse of the USSR.

Alaska is a US outpost in the fight against Russia

The Arctic is again becoming a battlefield, the author of the Parisian "Monde" states the fact. After a brief period of improving relations between Russia and the United States, the Arctic state of Alaska is once again being militarized. In addition to military conflicts, global warming also increases the strategic value of the region.

The Russian MiG-31, known in NATO as Foxhound, is used as a very effective fighter-interceptor.

On September 12, the Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Lieutenant General Alexander Kurenkov, paid a working visit to the S.P. Gorbunov KAZ - a branch of PJSC Tupolev (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation).

In the Moscow region, FSB officers detained a high-ranking employee of one of Russia's aviation enterprises, he is suspected of transferring secret information about Russian aviation equipment to Ukraine. This is reported by the FSB DSP.

The Russian army began using Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-136, the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to shoot down one such drone near Kupyansk, Kharkiv region. A photo of the wreckage of the drone is published by Ukrainian Internet resources.

Events in Russia and the world. Analytical publications. Materials of press conferences. Video and photo reports

The United States and its allies are discussing the possibility of providing Kiev with air defense and fighter jets in the medium and long term. This was reported on Tuesday by the Financial Times newspaper with reference to the American military of high rank.

Rostec State Corporation presented the upgraded Mi-8MTV-1, adapted specifically to the requirements of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, inspected the improved rotorcraft at the Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding. The agency will receive the first helicopters by the end of 2022.

The Greek Air Force, against the background of the aggravation of relations with Turkey, began to receive updated fighters. The first two F-16s, upgraded to the Viper level, were transferred to the military. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.

Armenian leader Nikol Pashinyan urgently, at night, turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin for help. The thing is that new clashes have started on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, there are dozens of dead. What exactly happened according to the versions of both sides and why is what is happening critically important for Yerevan?

The 4th Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition ADEX-2022 was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from September 6 to 8, 2022. A feature of the exhibition was the unusually wide presence of various unmanned aerial vehicles and barrage ammunition in its exposition. Denis Fedutinov kindly provided us with a report on the barrage ammunition presented at ADEX-2022.

Viktor Litovkin — on the undeclared results of strategic command and staff exercises in the Far East

For a whole week, from September 1 to 7, large—scale strategic command and staff exercises "Vostok-2022" thundered at the training grounds and in the sea areas of the Far Eastern Military District — from Lake Baikal to the Pacific coast and from the Sino-Mongolian borders to the southern coast of the Arctic Ocean, as well as in the Okhotsk and Japanese Seas.

How Pyongyang stole "flying eggs" from the Americans

Unlike the North Korean rocket industry, which has mastered combat missiles of almost all classes and even space launch vehicles, the aviation industry of the DPRK is in a rudimentary state. Nevertheless, it exists. And it has some history, including the production of training aircraft of the Yak-18 type, the assembly of Mi-2 helicopters from Polish components and even attempts to produce combat drones. Basically, it is "sharpened" on the production of spare parts for existing machines and on the modification of the latter.

Aircraft and surface ships took part in large-scale maneuvers of the Russian Aerospace Forces

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have completed exercises in the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad zone. During the maneuvers, protection against hypersonic vehicles, drones and cruise missiles was practiced.

The first American fifth-generation fighter F-22 Raptor, which made its first flight 25 years ago, looks like a failure, writes the American magazine Military Watch.

The Russian multi-purpose supermaneuverable Su—35 fighter destroyed the air defense system (air defense) of the militants of Ukraine with a special missile - the projectile determines the target by signal. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation released a video of the successful implementation of the next combat mission of Russian soldiers of the Western Military District (ZVO) on Monday, September 12.

On September 8, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of additional security and defense assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $675 million.