Aviation news

The Russian command has used the latest fifth-generation Su-57 fighters to launch strikes against terrorists in Syria.

Russian attack drones will carry weapons without guidance systems. On August 12, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Russian Defense Ministry is developing a new weapon system for attack unmanned aerial vehicles. According to Izvestia, drones will receive not only "smart", but also ordinary unguided bombs.

The crews of the Ka-27PL deck anti-submarine helicopters of the Baltic Fleet Naval Aviation aviation unit conducted exercises to search, track and destroy a simulated enemy submarine with the implementation of practical bombing, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Saturday.

The Italian navy is testing its promising flagship. August 13, portal aresdifesa.it He reported that the landing ship L 9080 Trieste has entered its first sea trials.

The Pentagon has conceived the creation of variants of a more efficient and powerful F135 engine of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter, Defense News reports.

According to the deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces for military and political work, Major General Alexander Maksimtsev, their salary is the same as the salaries of civilian pilots.

As the deputy Commander-in-Chief of the VKS, Major General Alexander Maksimtsev, noted, the tactics of conducting combat and striking are always connected with the study of real combat experience

The aerospace forces of the Russian Federation take into account the combat experience of foreign air forces in the framework of training programs for Russian flight personnel, Deputy Commander of the Aerospace Forces for military and political work, Major General Alexander Maksimtsev, told reporters on Saturday.

A video has been published with the moment of the crash of a Russian Be-200 aircraft in Turkey, which was involved in extinguishing forest fires.

According to aviation expert Roman Gusarov, the Be-200 is one of the most reliable fire fighting aircraft in the world

The Be-200 aircraft has never been involved in a disaster until now and is extremely reliable. This was announced to journalists on Saturday by aviation expert Roman Gusarov in connection with the crash of a fire plane in Turkey.

The Aerospace Forces are now deciding how to properly use female pilots who are studying at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School.

The Russian Air Force does not yet have a systematic experience in the use of female crews in military aviation. This is a new direction of work, recognized the deputy commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces, Major General Alexander Maksimtsev.

America may refuse to supply military equipment to Poland because of the authoritarian sentiments of the republic.

This was stated by Polish General Miroslav Ruzhansky, reports the publication Wirtualna Polska, writes Rubaltic.ru. 

The head of the US Air Force program for fighters and advanced aircraft, Dale White, said that the engines of the AETP project will not suit existing American fighters. According to Air Force magazine, they are too different from those that are already used on airplanes.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry plans to receive a squadron of new Mi-35M combat helicopters for service, Major General Igor Golub, commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Republic's Armed Forces, said.

The Russian advanced aviation complex of transport aviation (PAK TA), which should replace the An-124 Ruslan aircraft of Ukrainian production, is necessary for the transportation, in particular, of armored vehicles created on the Armata platform, self-propelled artillery guns, rocket launchers, multiple launch rocket systems, Sprut-SD anti-tank combat vehicles and MiG-31BM interceptor fighters, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.

Since the beginning of 2021, the alliance's aviation has performed more than 560 flights over the sea, Nikolai Gostev noted

This year, the NATO reconnaissance aircraft has almost tripled the intensity of flights in the airspace over the Black Sea. This was stated on Thursday in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia" by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District (SE) Nikolai Gostev.

Over the past two or three days, the United States Air Force has carried out several air strikes on the positions of the banned Taliban group (banned in the Russian Federation), which are located on the territory of Afghanistan. This was announced on Tuesday, August 11, by the official representative of the US Department of Defense, John Kirby.

The volume of Russia's secret exports increased by 61% in January—June 2021, to $27 billion. Exports of defense industry, aircraft and shipbuilding products increased by 31%, to $4.7 billion, Vedomosti reports. The largest importer of these products was the Czech Republic, which was included in the list of countries unfriendly to Russia.

The US Air Force has carried out several air strikes on the positions of the radical Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) over the past 24-48 hours and will continue to provide air support to the Afghan security forces at least until August 31.

The training and equipment of the intelligence units of the Russian army, shown during exercises with the army of Uzbekistan at the Termez training ground near the border with Afghanistan, surprised journalists.

The columnist of the Popular Mechanics publication was amazed at the readiness of the special forces of the two countries to overcome any obstacles, including passing through "rings of fire" on the obstacle course. Moreover, such exercises are not practiced in the NATO armed forces.

On August 9, the Austrian company Schiebel Aircraft announced the completion of a demonstration conducted jointly with Arete Associates to the US Navy command of the capabilities of the S-100 Kamkopter helicopter type UAV developed by it.