A screenshot from the video showing Putin aboard a Tu-160. (Image credit: Kremlin.ru) Vladimir Putin took a 30-minute ride in a modernized Tu-160M supersonic bomber as part of the crew yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew in a Tu-160M strategic bomber...
A screencap from the video below showing the Kh-101 missile releasing flares, with the boxes showing a Kh-101 missile before being loaded and its wreckage equipped with countermeasures dispensers. (Images from X and Russian military, edited by The Aviationist) The video...
The Il-96 escorted by four Su-35S Flankers and a single F-14 (highlighted) over Iran on Dec. 6, 2023. In the box, a file photo of an IRIAF F-14 (Image credit: The Aviationist, using @shiraz_magazine video via @mhmiranusa, and Tasnim News photo)...
The Su-25 decoy about to be hit by a Russian Lancet. Here comes the documented use of an aircraft decoy by the Ukrainian military. On Nov. 30, 2023, an interesting video started circulating online on Russian Telegram channels. The footage shows...
A Sukhoi Su-35 in flight in 2017 (Image credit: Aleksandr Markin/Wiki) The deal with Russia would include the delivery of Su-35 fighters, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Yak-130 jet trainers. Iran has finalised arrangements with Russia for a package of military aircraft,...
A screenshot from the Russian MOD video edited to show the positions of the various assets. The Russian Ministry Of Defense has released footage of a close encounter between Su-27 Flankers and RAF Rivet Joint with Typhoon escort. On Oct. 19,...
A British F-35B escorts an Il-38. (Image credit: UK Carrier Strike Group) The F-35Bs launched from HMS Queen Elizabeth and escorted a Russian Il-38 flying close to the UK Carrier Strike Group. A Russian Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft came within proximity...
A RAF Typhoon about to land on a Finnish road strip. (Image credit: Finnish Air Force) A British Typhoon has carried out the first ever landing on a Finnish road strip. On Sept. 20, 2023, a RAF Typhoon landed on a...
A file photo of the RAF RC-135W ZZ664 involved in the incident. (Photo: Crown Copyright) Intercepted communications show that one of the Russian pilots shot two missiles at RAF RC-135 after he thought he was ordered to fire, while his wingman...
A new anti-drone protection system is being tested in Russia (via FighterBomber) Russians are not only using car tires to protect their aircraft from Ukrainian kamikaze drones…. As already reported in details recent satellite imagery of Engels-2 airbase has exposed a...