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The exercises are held as part of the completion of the control check on combat training for 2021

Night flight tactical exercises began on Wednesday in the Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk regions with the participation of 30 combat helicopters, crews will perform more than 50 tasks, the press service of the Central Military District said.

The main task of the joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "WEST-2021" was the development of new forms and methods of warfare, and some samples of weapons, including attack robots, were used for the first time. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu summing up the results of the exercises.

Air Force (Air Force) The US dropped a mock-up of a nuclear bomb as part of the tests. The F-35A fighter-bombers used a test version of the B61-12 bomb at the Tonopah proving ground in Nevada. This is reported by The Drive.

In the report of the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense, losses from corrosion of F/A-18 deck aircraft were disclosed. In the period from fiscal year 2017 to 2020, the US Navy spent more than $ 2 billion on corrosion control. This is reported by the Navy Times.

The American company Boeing has signed a contract with the US Army for the production of the first upgraded heavy transport helicopters CH-47F Chinook Block II. It should start delivering them in 2023.

In the south of the Syrian province of Idlib, the Russian military killed four terrorists.

The attack was carried out with the help of two drones. First, one drone parachuted a model of a small quadcopter equipped with an explosive device into the positions of the militants. The jihadists noticed the descending vehicle, thinking that it was damaged and was making an emergency landing.

In terms of its size, the wingman — the Hunter heavy attack drone — is only slightly inferior to the leading Russian fifth—generation fighter Su-57, the American edition of The Drive was surprised, commenting on a recent report by the Zvezda TV channel.

Small-sized ammunition has been tested in Turkey. The METE mini-missile is designed to arm quadrocopters, ground-based unmanned platforms and infantry. The tests were announced on Twitter by the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department, Ismail Demir.

Artillery units of Russia and Mongolia at the joint exercises "Selenga-2021" for the first time used a reconnaissance and firing contour when applying a massive fire strike on the "enemy", the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reports.

The actions of the Chinese Air Force, which fly in Taiwan's air defense zone, undermine regional peace, said the head of the cabinet of the Taiwanese administration, Su Zhenchang.

Aircraft coloring can be divided into "livery" and "camouflage". And if the first type refers more to civil aircraft, then the second is an important element in reducing the visibility of a combat vehicle.

The last batch of six A-29 Super Tucano light combat aircraft arrived at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kano on September 29, having flown from the United States.

As the resource reported Flightglobal.com, the assembly of the first PC-24 light jet aircraft designed for the Qatar Air Force has been completed at the Pilatus Aircraft Ltd company in Stans (Switzerland).

The Su-24MR reconnaissance planes and Su-34 fighter-bombers bombed the hidden objects of the "enemy" at the aviapoligon in the Kurgan region. Here, the press service of the Central Military District reports, the servicemen passed the "exam" on combat training for the 2021 academic year.

On October 5, the General Director of PJSC UAC (as part of Rostec Group) and other heads of the corporation paid a working visit to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant (KnAAZ named after Yu.A.Gagarin, a branch of sUkhoi Company JSC).

The US Air Force will receive the first fighter of the 6th generation in five years or even earlier. October 4, portal defensenews.com He reported that the United States has officially abandoned the traditional approach under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.

The fighter with a shortened takeoff and vertical landing of the F-35B was tested by taking off and landing on the Japanese promising aircraft carrier Izumo, which is being converted from a helicopter carrier. According to The Drive, a combat aircraft took off and boarded a Japanese ship for the first time since the end of World War II.

At the Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, the first flight of a Chinese carrier-based fighter of the next generation was announced, which will be made before the end of the year. In the United States, they doubted China's ability to introduce a new aircraft this year. Former US Army officer Brent Eastwood wrote about this in 19FortyFive.

Military personnel of Russia and Mongolia for the first time at the international exercises "Selenga-2021" conduct joint flights on Mi-8 helicopters, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.

Military personnel of motorized rifle units of the 201st Russian military base during the exercise practiced conducting combat operations to destroy a sabotage group of a conditional enemy in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.