Category Aircrafts

Slovakia approved purchase of nine Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at the Ministry of Defence of the USA for 261 million dollars to replace with them Russian Mi-17.

Earlier in the special message the Ministry of Defence of the USA was said that presumable cost of the contract can make 450 million dollars.

Besides deliveries of helicopters the contract includes delivery of spare parts, and also the equipment, including communication systems and the navigation, special transponder and so Continue reading →

This week it was considerably strengthened according to Vladimir Putin’s order.

Before the pilots participating in operation of punishment, it is necessary to destroy a task control systems, material resources of fighters, objects of military and oil and gas infrastructure "Islamic state" (forbidden in our country). The quantity of departures is increased, strategic bombers and planes of distant aircraft are involved. It is dumped already one and a half thousand bombs. From the sea Continue reading →

As the potential of the Russian military aircraft changed

Convincing demonstration of possibilities of Armed forces of Russia in the Syrian campaign allowed to speak about success begun in the second half of the 2000th years of military reform. For one and a half month of operations of VKS of Russia showed in business both the latest equipment, and the upgraded cars of old types.

Strategists

Air power defines, in fact, all course of campaign. For time which has passed from the date of its Continue reading →

Rates of the Russian air operation in Syria, seemingly, decreased in comparison with peak values of recent time a little. If two weeks ago Russian made on 84 fighting departures per day, in the last days of their quantity was reduced, as well as many representatives of the American military man of department predicted.

«For the last days the Russian aviagroup made 59 departures during which 94 objects of terrorists in provinces of the Boor are struck, Idlib, Latakia, Damascus, Aleppo, Deyr-ez-Zor, Continue reading →

Morning for Stalin was saddened on November 8, 1944 by the unexpected report of the deputy chief of the General Staff of Red army of general Antonov on the tragedy which has occurred the day before around the Yugoslavian city of Nish: as a result of an air raid of the American allies 34 Soviet military personnel, including the commander of the 6th Guards shooting case of guard of lieutenant general Kotov were lost, 39 more people were wounded, to 20 cars with cargoes appeared are burned. Here so Continue reading →

The strategic aircraft struck the third massive attack to Syria from the territory of Russia. About it on Thursday, November 19, reports RBC referring to the chief of the General Staff of an operational management of the General Staff of armed forces of Russia Andrey Kartapolov.

According to the chief of the General Staff, strategic rocket carriers of Tu-95МС started from the territory of Russia of 12 cruise missiles on the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Idlib.

«As a result of airstrikes were Continue reading →

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In heavens over Syria a dangerous crowd. The USA, Russia and Assad’s mode bomb the different parties of the chaotic conflict which has captured the country.

Over Iraq and Syria air operations of the countries which not too love each other were crossed. As a result already there was a news that to the British pilots allowed to engage with the Russian aircraft in case of threat. Though the British government disproves it, it nevertheless recognizes air confrontation between Russian Continue reading →

In the State Duma suggest to nationalize for the sake of safety of flights airlines. That is to transfer a controlling stake to the state.

The author of the bill Oleg Nilov believes that today only the state can invest money in development of fleet and supervise safety of flights in the country, write "News". Accident of the plane of "Kogalymavia", in his opinion, proves that medium-sized and small enterprises need to leave this business. «At a carrier less than 10 planes Continue reading →

The Russian aircraft destroyed in the Syrian province Deyr-ez-Zor a column of petrocarts with the crude oil, going towards Iraq where the raw materials were processed and subsequently was realized in the black market. The official representative of the Ministry of Defence Igor Konashenkov reported about it, reports "Interfax".

«During conducting air reconnaissance near the city of Meyadin (province Deyr-ez-Zor) was found a column of the fuel trucks going towards the Syrian-Iraq border. Continue reading →

The Ilyushin Aviation Complex plans to renew Il-96 airliner release. The general designer of the company Nikolay Talikov reported about it.

Today on "Ils" which have been removed from a mass production only two years ago, in Russia anybody does not fly almost. Except one passenger – Vladimir Putin. It would seem, the best indicator of reliability of the aircraft not to find. But in recent years in our civil aviation at all this quality of planes regarded as of paramount importance. Continue reading →