Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS)

Air Europe 

Russian Helicopters Delivers Over 20 Attack Helicopters to Defense Ministry in 2019

January 18, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Attack helicopter, Kamov Ka-52 Alligator, Mil Mi-28N Night Hunter, Mil Mi-35, Rostec Corporation, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Russian Helicopters

Rostec’s holding company Russian Helicopters has delivered over 20 attack helicopters to the Russian Defense Ministry, fully completing the state

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Russian Aerospace Forces Receives New S-350 Vityaz Anti-Aircraft Missile System

January 18, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Defense System, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), S-350 Vityaz

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) received the latest S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system, the country’s Ministry of Defence announced. During

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Air Europe 

Russian Helicopters, MoD Start Joint State Tests of Mi-26T2V Heavy-Lift Military Transport Helicopter

December 29, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Heavy-lift helicopter, Helicopter, Mil Mi-26, Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, Rostvertol, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS)

Russian Helicopters holding company, part of Rostec State Corporation, and representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense started joint state

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Air Europe 

Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber Crash Lands After Suffering Engine Malfunction

December 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Russian Air Force, Strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-22M

A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber crash-landed in the Astrakhan Oblast region in the country’s south on Dec. 17 after

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Europe Space 

Russia Launches Kosmos 2542 Military Satellite Abroad Soyuz-2 Rocket

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Kosmos 2542, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Military satellite, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Russian Space Forces, Soyuz, Soyuz-2

The Space Troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launched the Kosmos 2542 military satellite in the interest of the

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Air Europe 

Russian Aerospace Forces to Receive First Serial Su-57 Fighter Aircraft This Year

November 9, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, JSC Sukhoi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAZ), Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Sukhoi Su-57

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) will receive its first serial produced Su-57 fifth-generation fighter aircraft before the end of the

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Africa Air 

Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers Conduct Night Flight Over Indian Ocean as Part of South Africa Visit

October 26, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Force Base Waterkloof, Indian Ocean, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), South Africa, Strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack

Two Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have performed a night flight over the Indian

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Africa Air Deployments 

Two Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers Arrive at Air Force Base Waterkloof, South Africa

October 23, 2019October 26, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Force Base Waterkloof, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), South Africa, South African Air Force, Strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack

Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 “Blackjack” supersonic strategic bombers arrived at the Air Force Base Waterkloof on the outskirts of Pretoria,

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Africa Air Deployments 

Russia to Send Tu-160 Strategic Bombers to South Africa

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Force Base Waterkloof, Antonov An-124, Ilyushin Il-62, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), South Africa, South African Air Force, Strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack

Russia will send two of its Tupolev Tu-160 “Blackjack” supersonic strategic bomber to South Africa, in a rare display of

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Russia Tests New Upgraded Anti-Ballistic Missile

July 3, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments A-135 anti-ballistic missile system, A-235 Nudol ABM system, Anti-ballistic missile (ABM), Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS)

The Russian Aerospace Forces successfully conducted the test launch of a new upgraded missile of the Russian Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)

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