Aviation news

The United States called the main problems of Russian carrier-based aircraft. The insufficient combat load of the Su-33 and the low flight range of the MiG-29K prevent them from becoming the main tools for projecting force. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the 19FortyFive portal.

At the Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the United States, unusual aircraft were noticed. A pair of decommissioned F-117 stealth aircraft arrived at the base of the 144th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force (Air Force). The planes will take part in the exercises as "aggressor planes", The Drive reports.

The Russian Northern Fleet conducted maneuvers in the Kola Arctic, near the borders with Norway and Finland, with the participation of more than 3 thousand servicemen and about 500 units of military equipment.

Ukrainian naval aviation pilots practiced missile launches and bombing during exercises in the Kherson region, which borders the Crimea. This was reported on Tuesday, September 14, by the press service of the General Staff of Ukraine.

As part of the exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group, which is conducted under the leadership of the commander of the Northern Fleet of the Hero of Russia, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the ship's search and strike group performed a number of anti-submarine tasks in the near sea zone.

On September 12, 2021, the first reconnaissance unmanned vehicle El-2 (Borodach-2) of national development made its first flight in Mongolia at the Nalaykh airfield near Ulaanbaatar. It is reported that the Mongolian UAV has a range of 100 kilometers with a ceiling of 3000 meters.

Japan sent a protest to the Russian Federation through diplomatic channels because of the alleged violation of the airspace by a Russian aircraft. This was announced by the Secretary General of the Japanese government Katsunobu Kato at a press conference on Monday, September 13.

The crews of the Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF) during the exercises in Kamchatka worked out the destruction of a simulated enemy submarine. This was reported to journalists on Monday, September 13, in the press service of the TOPF.

The Mi-35 and Mi-24 helicopters of the Army aviation of the Western Military District provided cover for the practical actions of the ground forces within the framework of the Zapad-2021 exercise, using the "helicopter carousel" tactics.

The United States has reached an agreement with Uzbekistan, under which a group of Afghan Air Force pilots who arrived in this country, along with their families, will be transferred to an American military base this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

The Ministry of Defense is working on the issue of equipping not only helicopters, but also combat aircraft with the latest guided missiles of the LMUR.

On September 10, the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko visited the Beriev Transport Aviation Plant (part of the transport aviation division of PJSC UAC of the Rostec State Corporation) as part of a working visit to the Rostov Region.

The US Marine Corps (KMP) has used its new heavy helicopter for the first time in a non-medical mission. September 12, portal thedrive.com He reported that the CH-53K King Stallion evacuated the MH-60S helicopter, which made a hard landing in the mountains.

The Malaysian Air Force will continue operating the F/A-18D Hornet and Su-30MKM fighters until 2035 and 2040, respectively.

The Turkish company Roketsan has developed a new 122-mm rocket ammunition with a laser guidance system. The munition was first presented in August at the IDEF-2021 exhibition under the designation TRLG-122.

The Terminator tank support combat vehicles and the Pacer and Outpost attack drones at the Zapad-2021 exercises supported the offensive of the motorized rifle division and tank brigade of Russia and units of Armenia and Belarus with fire and air strikes.

The strike drones have received a sight that allows them to hit ground targets with unguided ammunition from a high altitude with ultra-precision.

Russian developers have tested sighting and navigation systems on drones that allow the effective use of unguided ammunition.

In the current century, it is planned to deploy 13 permanent air bases in Europe with 450 fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters, follows from the presentation of the American corporation Lockheed Martin, presented at the 27th international exhibition MSPO 2021. The corresponding slide was posted on Twitter by the user @Maciej_Szopa.

At the Baranovichi airfield in the Brest region of Belarus, as part of the creation of a training and combat center for joint training of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Belarusian Air Force and air defense forces, the crews of Russian Su-30SM fighters took up joint combat duty to protect the air borders of the Union State. This was announced on Friday, September 10, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The flight time was more than 12 hours

The first Russian UAV with a hybrid power plant ZALA 421-16E5G, developed by the Russian company ZALA Aero (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies), flew at a distance of more than 1 thousand km from Izhevsk to Yoshkar-Ola and back. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of ZALA Aero.