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The Russian Air Force, officially established on August 12, 1912, as part of the Imperial Russian Air Service, has a long and complex history. It began as one of the earliest military aviation units globally, although its early years saw slow development due to the constraints of World War I.
This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Russian Air Force as of 2024. It belongs under larger Russian Aerospace Forces branch, established on 1 August 2015 with merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
The Russian Aerospace Forces (Russian: VKS) [2] or Russian Air and Space Forces [3] [a] comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was established on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force (VVS) and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO), as ...
Siły Powietrzne Federacji Rosyjskiej są spadkobiercami lotnictwa wojskowego Związku Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich [3]. WWS odziedziczyły większość swojego uzbrojenia po rozpadzie ZSRR w 1991 roku, kiedy ówczesny arsenał ponad 10 000 statków powietrznych został rozdzielony między nowe republiki, z czego dwie trzecie sprzętu ...
29 mar 2024 · The Russian Aerospace Forces, or VKS, has lost about 16 fighters and suffered imputed losses of 60 aircraft in the war against Ukraine since mid-2023. The VKS is on track to have fewer than 650 tactical aircraft, mostly old and outdated models, by the end of 2024.
Russian air patrols can detect a jet's take-off deep inside the territory of Ukraine. Their R-37M missiles can hit an aerial target at a distance of 150-200km (93-124 miles), whereas Ukrainian...
2 mar 2022 · Vastly outmatched by Russia's military, in terms of raw numbers and firepower, Ukraine's own air force is still flying and its air defenses are still deemed to be viable - a fact that is...
