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A P-40 banking to the right against a blue sky.

Curtiss P-40 – The Flying Tiger’s Finest Machine

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Patrick M Johnson 0 Comments aircraft, fighter, Kittyhawk, P-40, russian, soviet, Tomahawk, USA, Warhawk, wwii

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk was an American fighter and ground attack of the Second World War, and probably one of

Kalinin bomber taxiing.

Experimental Pioneers

The Kalinin K-7 was a Monster Made of Soviet Steel

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Guy Davey 1930s, airliner, am-34, ant-20, biggest, bomber, engines, k-7, kalinin, kalinin k-7, largest, maxim gorky, mikulin, record, Russia, soviet, soviet union, soviets, tupolev, USSR, war, wings, world war two, ww2, wwii

The Kalinin K-7 was an experimental bomber aircraft designed in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. It was designed

Ilyushin Il-76

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Ilyushin IL-76 Candid – Jack of all Trades

March 2, 2023March 28, 2023 Patrick M Johnson 0 Comments aircraft, Coldwar, IL-76, Ilyushin, russian, soviet, transport

Strategic and tactical airlift is a major responsibility assigned to most air forces around the world, and nations which possess

A Russian MiG 19.

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MiG 19 Farmer – Agricultural Design

February 24, 2023February 26, 2023 Patrick M Johnson 0 Comments aircraft, fighter, MiG, MiG 19, russian, soviet, USSR

Soviet post-war fighter production had introduced two superlative subsonic fighters; the MiG 15 ‘Fagot’ and the MiG 17 ‘Fresco’. While

A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27P Flanker.

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The Fearsome Flanker Family

February 23, 2023May 11, 2023 Patrick M Johnson 0 Comments aircraft, Flanker, Russia, soviet, Su-27, Su-30, Su-33, Su-35, Su-37, Sukhoi, Super Flanker, Terminator, ukraine

The Soviet Union produced a staggering array of combat aircraft in the decades following the conclusion of the Second World

The MiG-105-11a parked at a museum.

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MiG-105 – The Cancelled Soviet Spaceplane

January 11, 2023January 24, 2023 Jake Leigh-Howarth 0 Comments aircraft, cold war, experimental, Orbital, prototype, russian, soviet, Space

The MiG-105 was a space plane that was originally earmarked to play a starring role in the Soviet’s aborted attempt

The Lockheed A-12 Oxcart.

Lockheed A-12 Oxcart – The Blackbird’s Older Brother

October 26, 2022February 15, 2023 Vegim Krelani A-12, aircraft, Blackbird, cold war, MiG-25, Oxcart, soviet, Spyplane

While the Cold War contributed to the misery of many people globally, it most certainly encouraged innovation in the military

This MiG-25 was caught in an unusual hiding spot.

The US found an Air Force Buried in the Desert

October 5, 2022December 12, 2022 Nathan Cluett aircraft, cold war, desert, fighter, Foxbat, Iran, Iraq, russian, soviet, Su-25, USA

Whilst this may sound like something from Indiana Jones, it is in fact completely true. As part of Operation Iraqi

The Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback.

Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback – Russia’s Supermaneuverable Bomber

September 25, 2022December 14, 2022 Vegim Krelani aircraft, bomber, fighter, Fullback, Ground Attack, russian, soviet, Su-27

The Sukhoi Su-34 is a multi-purpose aircraft that entered the services of the Russian Air Force in 2014, gradually replacing

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Plane

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Plane – The Plane Designed to Leak

September 21, 2022May 31, 2023 Steve MacGregor aircraft, Blackbird, cold war, soviet, Spyplane, SR-71, USA

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was a strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed for the United States Air Force. For more than 20 years,

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