The U.S. Air Force has relied on the F-15 Eagle as a prime air superiority fighter since 1975, with the aircraft being the first from the fourth generation to enter service in any air force worldwide and developed with ambitious specifications to counter the formidable Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor. By the end of the conflict in 1989 over 900 of the costly Eagles
New facilities at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant in Russia’s Far East have been opened in preparation for an expansion of the production of Su-57 next generation fighters, which have been in low rate serial production since 2018 and of which 70 are currently on order. An avionics test
The Russian Air Force has inducted a new class of strike fighter into operational service, with the MiG-31I representing the latest variant of the MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor and the second to be designed for strike roles. The newly announced aircraft is a successor to the MiG-31K which first
The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 and subsequent near collapse of the Russian economy spelt the end of many ambitious weapons and space programs, several of which were scheduled to enter service imminently and had already reached prototype stages. Examples include the Su-27M air
During the Cold War Syria and Israel were considered leading adversaries in the Middle East from the mid 1960s, with the former armed and supported by the Soviet Union and the latter, particularly after 1967, gaining access to top end American military hardware. Syria emerged the following decade
Amid signs of growing ties between Russia and North Korea, as Moscow’s deteriorating relations with the Western Bloc have led it to increasingly turn to previously neglected Cold War era partners, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov has been
The state of Alaska which closely borders Russia by sea has been prioritised for deployment of the most capable U.S. Air Force fighter classes since the Cold War, and has hosted a growing contingent of fifth generation stealth fighters well within range of
Although the most conspicuous areas of North Korea’s military modernisation efforts have been its ground forces and strategic missile forces, with the former receiving new generations of equipment ranging from uniforms to armour and artillery while the latter became only the third in the world to
At the Army 2022 international military-technical forum CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation Yury Slyusar has elaborated on the possible development of a navalised variant of the Su-57 next generation fighter. The Su-57 entered service in the Russian Air Force in 2020, over five years behind
The Russian Defense Ministry was reported by state media on August 16 to have signed a contract for the acquisition of an unknown number of new Su-34 strike fighters from the state owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), with the deal inked by Deputy Defence Minister Alexey Krivoruchko and UAC
