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The Russian Air Force, officially established on August 12, 1912, as part of the Imperial Russian Air Service, has a long and complex history. It began as one of the earliest military aviation units globally, although its early years saw slow development due to the constraints of World War I.
A Russian Air Force Su-34. A Russian Air Force Su-35S. A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade. A Beriev A-50 in flight. A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield. An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment. An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB. A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight.
12 Su-27, 18 Su-27UB, 47 Su-27SM and 24 Su-27SM3 in service as of 2022. [ 1 ] At least 403 Su-27/30/35 combined in service according to World Air Forces. [ 2 ] At least two Su-27 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [ 10 ][ 11 ][ 12 ] Sukhoi Su-30.
The Russian Air Force, like the Soviet Air Forces before them, has the aviation regiment as its basic organisational unit. This page will slowly attempt to list all the regiments in Russian Air Force service since May 7, 1992, the date on which Boris Yeltsin decreed the establishment of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has removed Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed "General Armageddon", as head of the air force after he vanished from public view during a Wagner mercenary mutiny against the top ...
The Russian Aerospace Forces (Russian: VKS) [2] or Russian Air and Space Forces[3][a] comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was established on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force (VVS) and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO), as recommended ...
2023 Bryansk Oblast military aircraft crashes. On the morning of 13 May 2023, an air group of four aircraft of the Russian Air Force crashed almost simultaneously in the Bryansk Oblast of Russia: two Mi-8 helicopters, a Su-34 fighter-bomber and a Su-35 fighter. [1][2] According to Baza, nine people were killed: three crew members each in two Mi ...
The Sukhoi Su-57 (Russian: Сухой Су-57; NATO reporting name: Felon) [3] [4] is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. [5] It is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: ПАК ФА, prospective aeronautical complex of front-line aviation) programme, which was initiated in 1999 as a more modern and affordable alternative to the MFI (Mikoyan Project 1.44/1.42).