Sukhoi

Russia Loses it Second Fighter Jet during the Kuznetsov’s First-Ever Combat Cruise

December 5, 2016 // 2 Comments

Reports surfaced early this morning that a Russian Sukhoi Su-33 was recently lost at sea, probably as early as Saturday this past weekend, though the actual date hasn’t [read more...]

Russian Su-24 Fencers Buzz US Navy Destroyer in the Baltic Sea

April 13, 2016 // 6 Comments

US Department of Defense officials have just released a series of videos and a statement on Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers executing close-proximity passes near the USS Donald [read more...]

Russia is Shadowing German Flight Ops Over Syria with its Newest Fighter

February 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

According to an exclusive report on the Rheinische Post’s official website, Russian Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-Es routinely shadow German Luftwaffe Tornado supersonic strike [read more...]

Meet Putin’s Syrian Game Changing Fighter-Bombers

September 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

According to the British newspaper The Times, the Russian Air Force has forward-deployed a contingent of six of its most modern fighter-bombers to an airbase in Syria. Since [read more...]

The Indian Air Force Just Found a Unique Use for an Su-30MKI

July 28, 2015 // 1 Comment

The Sukhoi Su-30MKI Flanker-H is currently the most advanced multirole air superiority fighter in Indian service. Exceedingly successful at the air-to-air mission, and more [read more...]

Preflight 12/13/2013

December 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

F-35 Gets a New Tailhook USNI reports that the controversial F-35C (carrier variant) will receive a newer functional tailhook soon, hopefully allowing it to commence [read more...]

GoPros, a MiG-29 and an Su-27

November 15, 2013 // 2 Comments

Some of the coolest footage I’ve seen of formation flying, straight from Russia featuring members of their two demonstration teams, the Knights and the Swifts. The [read more...]

Yak 130/M-346

August 17, 2013 // 2 Comments

In the early 1990s, the Russian air forces found themselves facing the difficult position of possessing a large fleet of training aircraft, the majority of which were far [read more...]