One of the first four MiG-29s that have been transferred to Ukraine. (Image credit: screenshot from Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic YT channel) The four MiG-29 Fulcrum jets have been handed over to the Ukrainian Air Force. First four of...
A U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Crul) Operating from the Finnish airspace, the U.S. ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft can spy on the Russian forces near the border with Finland. Flying...
The beauty of a Sliac AB Mig-29AS belonging to the 1st Fighter Squadron. (Image credit: Jorge Ruivo/The Aviationist) The ex-Slovak Air Force MiG-29s should be delivered in the next few weeks. Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced on Mar. 17, 2023,...
A screenshot from the DoD video. The Pentagon released the MQ-9 video showing the Su-27 Flanker making one pass dumping fuel and another pass leading to the collision. As already reported on Mar. 14, 2023, a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet and...
A composite image showing a US MQ-9 and a Russian Su-27 flying in close proximity (file photos edited by The Aviationist for illustration purposes only) The Russian aircraft struck the RPA’s propeller forcing the U.S. to bring the Reaper down in...
Screenshot from the footage about to land on the Russian A-50 SATCOM antenna dome. Eventually, another clip has been released, supposedly showing the attack on the Mainstay radar jet. As reported yesterday, on Feb. 26, 2023, the Belarusian partisan group, BYPOL,...
A Sukhoi Su-35S (Image credit: Dmitry Terekhov/Wiki) The Su-35S aircraft are part of a major package that will also include air defence systems, missile systems and helicopters. Iran will eventually receive Russian Su-35S Flanker-E jets as part of an agreement with...