Aviation news

American F-15E fighters carried out a training bombing using unarmed nuclear bombs in Nevada, the US Air Force reported.

Israel launched guided missiles from Lebanese airspace at targets in the Syrian province of Homs, a Syrian soldier was wounded. This was announced on November 24 by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.

Russian anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Buk-M2E" and "Pantsir-S" destroyed rockets fired by Israel at Syria, said the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, RIA Novosti writes.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace spoke about the interceptions of Russian aircraft. According to him, Russia used aviation to spy on the aircraft carrier strike Group (AUG) of the Royal Navy (Navy) of Great Britain, led by the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

The pilots of the bomber regiment of the Western Military District (ZVO) relocated to Voronezh took classes on the new Su-34 augmented reality aviation simulator.

Rosoboronexport plans to bring heavy attack drones and kamikaze drones to foreign arms markets in the near future, this year it sold 50 Orlan-10E reconnaissance UAVs abroad, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev said on Thursday on the eve of the EDEX 2021 international arms exhibition.

The Philippine Air Force has commissioned the first of two AH-1 "Cobra" specialized attack helicopters handed over by Jordan.

Russian engineers have designed an aircraft for intercontinental flights in the stratosphere. It can be called a conditional analogue of the British Skylon.

The company Zeva Aero from the USA presented a prototype of an aircraft in the form of a flying saucer. The developers believe that their development will interest the military. This is reported by New Atlas.

Amid growing US concerns about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian tanks may be upgraded to protect against barrage ammunition and other unmanned aerial vehicles at Kiev's disposal, the American edition of The Drive says.

Rosoboronexport plans to bring heavy attack drones and kamikaze drones to foreign arms markets. This was announced on November 25 by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev on the eve of the international arms exhibition EDEX 2021.

The range of Russian military equipment on the international market will be expanded due to heavy attack drones and kamikaze drones.

Rosoboronexport is conducting 10 contract negotiations on the delivery of the Orion-E reconnaissance and strike drone abroad, the head of the company Alexander Mikheev said.

Russian Helicopters will offer shock and civilian vehicles, as well as service solutions to potential customers from the Middle East and North Africa at the EDEX exhibition in Cairo, the press service of the holding said.

The crews completed the task of destroying enemy infrastructure and manpower

Ten helicopters were involved in military aviation exercises with live firing at the Kingisepp training ground in the Leningrad Region. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the Western Military District.

In the framework of the exhibition of local operators of Russian helicopters will present various service solutions to ensure airworthiness and timely maintenance of vehicles

Holding "Helicopters of Russia" of the state Corporation rostec will present at the International defence industry exhibition EDEX-2021, which will be held from 29 November to 2 December, 2021 in Cairo, attack helicopters Ka-52 and Mi-35P, as well as military transport Mi-17V-5. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the holding.

The progress of modernization works was checked by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko

An upgraded version of the MiG-31 interceptor fighter with an electric control system is undergoing state tests in the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko representatives of the aircraft factory "Sokol".

The crews of the Ukrainian army's air defense systems have worked out actions in the conditions of interference. During the exercises, Soviet-made anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) opposed the Ukrainian Omut electronic warfare complexes. This is reported by Defense Express.

The decision to increase the air defense forces on duty was made on Thursday by the military department of Belarus. In addition, the press service of the Ministry of Defense clarifies, the air patrol program has also been adjusted together with the VKS of the Union State.

On Thursday, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko checked how MiG-31 fighters are being improved to the MiG-31BM version at the Sokol aircraft factory in Nizhny Novgorod.

At the enterprise, the deputy minister reported that the modernization, which has been carried out since 2007, with the complete replacement of on-board electronic equipment with modern samples and provides for the use of modern aviation weapons, increases the combat effectiveness of the aircraft by about three times.