Hidden in a Moscow air museum, the Soviet VVA-14 is one of the weirdest aircraft ever built! Designed to hover, take off ...
The Cold War ushered in a “renaissance for bomber aviation.” But the Kremlin’s demands for the Sukhoi T-4MS were more than the company could handle.
A month after leaving Kola Bay, aircraft of the Kuznetsov began operations against Islamic State and Al-Nusra terrorist groups in Syria in support of the Assad government. It was the first time a ...
Not all military aircraft are designed for combat or reconnaissance. There are plenty created to transport whatever needs ...
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won a world championship title together in pairs skating in 1994 and narrowly missed out ...
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Thursday morning that the pair had been on board the plane, and the Skating ... together in the 1980s in the Soviet Union and were two-time Olympians ...
The SR-71 could fly at Mach 3.2 (around 2,100 miles per hour)—lightyears faster than anything the Soviet Union could throw at it.
Meanwhile, the Soviet Union appeared to be at the height of its ... This included new M1 tanks, cargo planes, a new ICBM (the MX, which was eventually canceled), and higher pay for military ...
Air travel accidents in sports are rare, but they have had devastating impacts on national programs, amateur teams and professional clubs.
The furor over the plane crash — and Mr. Aliyev’s willingness ... has become a geopolitical milestone for the former Soviet Union. Rather than allowing Mr. Putin to dictate his response ...