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Russia’s ‘New’ Jet Trainer Design Is A 1990s Throwback
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 28, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Are Air Losses Pushing A Shift In Russian Tactics?
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 26, 2023
Ukraine Says It Shot Down Three Russian Su-34 Fullbacks
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 22, 2023
Russian Su-24 Shot Down Over Black Sea Points To Tactical Shift
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 5, 2023
Aircraft Downed Inside Russia By Patriot System: Ukrainian Air Force
By Oliver Parken / Updated Nov 27, 2023
Tu-95 Decoys Are Being Painted On Russian Air Base’s Apron
By Stetson Payne / Updated Sep 30, 2023
Claims Swirl Around Possible Friendly Fire Shoot-Down Of Russian Su-35 Near Tokmak
By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 29, 2023
Claims Swirl Around ‘Sabotage Raid’ On Airbase Near Moscow
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 20, 2023
Let’s Talk About Russia’s New Long-Range Kh-BD Cruise Missile
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 19, 2023
Russian Su-34 Strike-Fighter Seen Covered In Tires
By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 8, 2023
Russia Is Using Tires To Protect Its Bombers From Aerial Attack
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 4, 2023
Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 23, 2023
Destroyed Tu-22M Seen At Now Empty Russian Airbase
By Howard Altman / Updated Aug 22, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Spy Agency Takes Credit For Strikes On Russian Airbases
By Howard Altman / Updated Aug 21, 2023
Our First Look At Winged Bombs Being Launched By Russian Jets
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 5, 2023
Ukraine’s Armor Appears To Have A Russian Attack Helicopter Problem
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 15, 2023
Wingman Films Burning Russian MiG-31 Foxhound’s Final Moments
By Stetson Payne / Updated Jun 3, 2023
Four Russian Aircraft Shot Down Within Their Own Borders
By Stetson Payne / Updated May 13, 2023
Russian Su-34 Strike Fighter Bombed One Of Its Own Cities
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 21, 2023
Russian Su-35 Encounters Over Syria Seen In Newly Declassified Videos
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 20, 2023
Russia’s Accident-Prone Aircraft Carrier Has No Crew
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 10, 2023
Here Is What Russia’s Military Aircraft And Missiles Actually Cost
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Feb 9, 2023
Russia’s Mi-28NM Attack Helicopter Seen Using New Anti-Armor Missile In Ukraine
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Jan 17, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Says It Has No Defense Against Russia’s Kh-22 Missiles
By Howard Altman / Updated Jan 16, 2023
Su-57 Felon Fighters Are Flying Ukraine Combat Missions: U.K. Intel
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 9, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: No Damage Seen At Russian Bomber Base After Drone Attacks
By Howard Altman / Updated Dec 29, 2022
A MiG-29 Pilot’s Inside Account Of The Changing Air War Over Ukraine
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 15, 2022
Inside Ukraine’s Desperate Fight Against Drones With MiG-29 Pilot “Juice”
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 13, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-25 Belly Landing Caught On Video
By Stetson Payne / Updated Dec 10, 2022
Russian Su-35s Could Soon Be Delivered To Iran, Pilots Trained Last Spring
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 9, 2022
Our First Detailed Look At Russian Su-27 Flanker Jets In The Ukraine War
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 7, 2022
Surge In Russian Bombers At Air Base Not As Unusual As Reports Claim
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 1, 2022
Su-57 Felon To Enter Service With Elite Russian Air Force Unit
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Dec 1, 2022
Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhounds Proving To Be A Threat To Ukrainian Aircraft
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Nov 10, 2022
Sabotage Raid On Attack Helicopters At Base In Russia Supposedly Shown In Video
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 1, 2022
Russian Su-30 Flanker Nosedives Into Residential Area (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Oct 23, 2022
Russian Pilot’s Ejection From An Su-25 Seen In Incredible Headcam Video
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 23, 2022
Russian Su-27 Released Missile During Intercept Of British RC-135 Spy Plane
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 20, 2022
Camouflaged Aggressor F-16s Are Intercepting Russian Bombers In Alaska
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 19, 2022
Russian Su-34 Fullback Jet Slams Into Apartment Building In A Ball Of Fire (Updated)
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Oct 17, 2022
Russian Aggressor Squadron Gets Its First Su-35S Fighter Jets
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Oct 4, 2022
Russia’s Secretive Long-Range Bomber Operations Against Ukraine
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Sep 14, 2022
Su-25 Attack Jet Crash May Point To Wider Russian Airpower Issues (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 12, 2022
Dogfight Over Ukraine Shows The Air War Is Still Very Much Being Fought
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 19, 2022
Does This Patent Give Us A Glimpse Of Russia’s New Bomber Design?
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 3, 2022
‘Crowdfunded’ Aid For Russian Jet Squadron Looks Like Someone Raided A Home Depot
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 7, 2022
We May Have Our First Sight Of A Russian Bomber Launching Missiles At Ukraine
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 11, 2022
Russia Has Already Lost
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 24, 2022
Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Describe Their Desperate Air War Against Russia
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 22, 2022
Russian Attack Helicopters Are Now Wildly Lobbing Rockets Over Ukraine (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 18, 2022
The Russian Air Force Just Had A Terrible Day Over Ukraine
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 7, 2022
The ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ Is The Mythical Hero Ukraine Needs Right Now
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 25, 2022
Russian Forces Are Now Authorized To Use Force In Ukraine (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 22, 2022
All The Crazy Quirks And Features On Russia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Fighter
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 23, 2022
How The Russian And Ukrainian Air Forces Stack Up Against Each Other
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 23, 2021
Massive Expansion Underway At Russia’s Northernmost Arctic Air Base (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 24, 2021
No, Russia Really Doesn’t Need A New Single-Engine Fighter
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 11, 2020
Russia Is Using Augmented Reality To Produce Its Su-57 Fighter
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 10, 2020
Why Russia’s MiG-35 Is Starting To Look Like A Dead Duck
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 27, 2020
U.S. Navy Denies Russian Warship Forced Its Destroyer Out Of Disputed Pacific Waters
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 24, 2020
Russian Flight Test Center Flew A “Cabriolet” Su-57 Fighter Jet
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 5, 2020