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China military planes flew close to disputed isles: report
Chinese military planes, mostly fighter jets, made more than 40 flights close to Tokyo-controlled islands at the center of a territorial dispute on a single day this week, a press report said Saturday. The flights took place on Tuesday, when eight Chinese marine surveillance ships entered the 12-nautical-mile territorial zone off the islands in the [...]
Two Russian fighters breach Japanese airspace
Two Russian fighters violated Japanese airspace on Thursday, Tokyo’s defence ministry said, prompting Japan to scramble its own warplanes in what was reported to be the first such incident in five years. The planes were detected off the northern island of Hokkaido for just over a minute, shortly after Japan’s new prime minister said he [...]
Su-27 Fighter Jet Crashes in Karelia
A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27UB fighter jet crashed in the Petrozavodsk district of Russia’s northeast Karelia Republic on Thursday morning, although the pilots ejected safely according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. “The plane went down in the region of the village of Besovets,” a local law enforcement source said. There were no other injuries or [...]
Russia Keeps 30 MiG-31 Interceptors on High-Alert Duty
More than 30 MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptor aircraft are on round-the-clock high-alert duty every day protecting the Russian airspace from airborne threats, Air Force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said. “They [the MiG-31s] scramble every time they receive warnings of a potential violation of the Russian airspace, including the appearance of foreign weather balloons in the [...]
Russian Knights to Display New Program at Bahrain Air Show
The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerial display team will perform a new program at the 2012 Bahrain Air Show and it will be the team’s first foreign performance in four years, Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said on Thursday. The Russkiye Vityazi team is the only unit in the world using Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker [...]
Paper Su-37 Update 5
Paper Su-37 Update 5
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New stealth fighter to top the bill at Moscow Air Show
A new generation prototype fighter is set to make its first public appearance at the Moscow Air Show this week. The Sukhoi T-50 will be the jewel in the Russian Air Force’s crown. The service has relied on the Mikoyan MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 family of combat aircraft as the core of its fighter force [...]
Russia and NORAD conduct Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2011
Within minutes after takeoff, the first fighter aircraft are visible off the left wing and Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2011 is well underway. The Russian Federation Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) conducted their second Vigilant Eagle cooperative exercise Aug 5-9, further strengthening the communication channels between Russia and NORAD in the [...]
Russia charges Chinese man with contraband of military equipment
Customs authorities in Russia’s Far East have launched a criminal case against a Chinese citizen who attempted to smuggle spare parts for Russian MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters last year, a customs’ spokesperson said on Friday. The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was caught at one of the border checkpoints in Transbaikal region in [...]
