The Russian Air Force has grounded its fleet of MiG-31 'Foxhound' interceptors pending the findings of an investigation into the loss of an aircraft on 19 November.rnRussian state media reported that the two-seat fighter came down about 1,150 km east of Moscow in the Ural Mountains during...
(Editor’s Note: The U.S. Air Force operates the largest fleet of aircraft in the world, but some sources claim the Navy may operate more “aircraft” when UAV are included in these numbers, especially the smaller MQ-11 drones that the Marine Corps flies.) Russia and the US have stood...
(Editor's Note: The U.S. Air Force operates the largest fleet of aircraft in the world, but there are sources that claim the Navy may operate more
So Kramnik’s call about maybe getting to a fleet of about 30 new and old tankers sounds about right. But, as recently as 2013, the Russian air force was talking about acquiring 30 new tankers. By the by, the USAF operates something north of 450 tankers, and that’s counting only KC...
The first Statute of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Fleet Naval Service came into force. 1926. The foundation of the first series of “Decabrist”-type submarines was laid (chief constructor – B.M. Malinin). The first Soviet-made torpedo boat “Pervenets” ANT-3 was tested (chief...
The Russian air force reportedly has been operating a fleet of only nine such aircraft. If the downing of the precious Russian air asset is confirmed, it will serve as a major morale boost for Ukraine after the loss of Avdiivka, a strategic eastern city. It was captured by Russian forces...
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the exercises held in the eastern Mediterranean, which gathered more than 15 warships from the country's Pacific, Northern and Black Sea Fleets, together with over 30 aircraft with the Russian Air Force. Navy Commander-in-Chief Nikolai...
Russia was defeated in the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War, which saw the annihilation of the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima, the loss of Russian influence over Manchuria and Korea, and the Japanese annexation to the north of South Sakhalin Island. The Anglo-Russian Entente was ...
USAF and RuAF Fleet strengthLet’s start with a little bit of heroic (maybe slightly biased) videos from both sides. The Americans are further down.The US Air Force has since the end of the second world war been regarded as the supreme air force of the world, but with its increased ...
Russia's air force has taken delivery of its first six Yakovlev-designed Yak-130 combat trainers from Irkut ...