Aviation
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
From the author Dear readers! As I promised in one of my articles about Romanian frigates - get the promised article about Romanian deck helicopters. one deck
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
The first Mi-28Ns appeared at the Torzhok flight center more than 8 years ago and had a minimum of instruments. For example, the navigator had only a watch, a speed meter and an altimeter in the cockpit, everything else was covered with plugs. Flights on them were carried out practically around the tower. Since then, much has already
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
The competition for the development of hypersonic speeds by aviation began during the Cold War. In those years, designers and engineers of the USSR, the USA and other developed countries designed new aircraft capable of flying 2-3 times faster than the speed of sound. The race for speed has spawned many discoveries in
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Currently, the United States is the only country in the world with tiltrotor aircraft in service with its army. The Bell V-22 Osprey tiltrotor is in service with the US Navy and the Marine Corps. In the near future, he may have an alternative. We are talking about a tiltrotor, which
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
We must pay tribute to the Italians, even their UAVs should look beautiful. Having achieved significant success with its UN-flagged vehicle operating in Africa, Selex ES wants to further enhance the capabilities of its Falco drone, including a turbodiesel
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
The Bell XV-3 is an American experimental tiltrotor. It made its first flight on August 23, 1955. The first transition from vertical to horizontal flight was on December 18, 1958. In total, by 1966, more than 250 test flights were performed, which proved the fundamental possibility
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Conformal Airborne Early Warning and Control (CAEW) Conformal Airborne Early Warning and Control (CAEW) aircraft from Elta Systems, a subsidiary of IAI
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Just recently, we discussed the prospects of our new developments to our heart's content. And really, God loves a trinity: information about PAK DA has come in. Actually, there is nothing surprising in it. Another fairy tale did not come true. In principle, there is nothing surprising after the "news" that the T-14 "Armata"
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
The Harpy / Haror family of loitering ammunition, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries as an enemy air defense suppression system, is by far the most common Looking around the corner has always been the dream of any soldier, as it allows him to learn more about
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Photo: David Oliver The British army used mini-UAVs to detect IEDs and clear routes T-Hawk during Operation Talisman in Afghanistan In the public consciousness, drones or drones have several roles. One is to carry out air strikes unhindered without
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
The first Turkish F-35A was unveiled at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant in June 2018, after which delivery was suspended by the US Congress The United States and Turkey have been part of the same NATO bloc since 1952 and have some common and vital interests, but strategic
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
On December 18, 2015, the supersonic MiG-21 fighters, which are in service with the Bulgarian Air Force, took to the skies for the last time. The last three combat-ready vehicles of this type were on alert to protect the country's airspace at the 3rd Aviation Base of the Bulgarian Air Force (near Graf-Ignatiev). On
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
In this article we will try to understand the issues of the size of the air group of a modern nuclear-powered aircraft carrier such as "Chester W. Nimitz", as well as the ability of the aircraft carrier to support the activities of the carrier-based aircraft on board
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
What the British air defense is worth in practice, with all the mercilessness showed one and only "Aermacchi MV-339A" - a training jet plane with a maximum speed of 817 km / h, which did not have its own radar. When Lieutenant Esteban was still able to inform the command of the beginning of a full-scale British
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
According to the plan, the first blow was delivered by the strategic aviation of Great Britain - two Vulcan bombers (XM598 and XM607) were to drop 42,454-kg bombs on the Port Stanley airfield and crush its runway. However, there was a slight difficulty - the distance from Ascension Island, where the
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Discussions about the role of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft are very popular at Topvar. As soon as a suitable article appears to discuss this class of aviation, disputes flare up with renewed vigor. Someone writes that VTOL aircraft are a waste of time and money, others believe that
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
After the successful attack on Sheffield on May 4, 1982, and until May 20, when the British began the landing operation, there was a pause in the fighting. Not that they stopped altogether, but both sides did not seek a decisive battle, limiting themselves to a minor "bite" of the enemy. English planes constantly
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
So, on May 1, 1982, the Argentines were confident in the imminent landing of the British and were preparing to throw their fleet into battle. Demonstration group TG-79.3, consisting of the cruiser General Belgrano and two old destroyers, was supposed to simulate an offensive from the south and distract the attention of British commanders. In it
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
On this day, the Argentine command decided to make every effort to turn the tide of hostilities. It was, of course, not only and not so much a desire to celebrate Independence Day as it should be, but the fact that the British had been unloading for four days, and soon the main landing force
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
So, dear readers, before you is the last article in the cycle. It's time to draw conclusions. Conclusion 1 - The Argentines could not realize the superiority in the number of combat aircraft, in fact, the British faced in the air with forces approximately equal to them. I draw the attention of dear readers: statistics
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Late in the evening of May 18, 1982, the ships of the 317th task force greeted the British amphibious group that had arrived in the combat area. Two large amphibious dock ships, six specially built transport and landing ships and thirteen requisitioned transport ships (including
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
As you know, the first in the USSR trampoline heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser "Tbilisi" (later renamed "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov" tested three carrier-based aircraft at once - Su-27K, MiG-29K and Yak-141. In this series of articles we we will try to figure it out
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
It is not the first time on the VO website that opinions have been expressed regarding the particular usefulness of vertical / short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft for modern, maneuverable combat operations. For example, in Dmitry Verkhoturov's article "F-35B: A New Contribution to the Blitzkrieg Theory" the respected author
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Recently, a short message appeared in the "News" section on "VO", the meaning of which was perfectly reflected by its name: "Russia is ready to transfer to India technologies for the production of MiG-35 fighters." If a little more detailed: I. Tarasenko, who holds the post of vice-president of the KLA for military-technical
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Breaking news: the American strike group is still going to the coast of Iran. Nuclear aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln", escort ships … Unfortunately, there is no data on them, although the composition of the AUG could perfectly clarify the real goals of US politicians. If we are talking about the next projection of force, then it follows
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
The news of the planned conclusion of a contract for the supply of 76 Su-57 aircraft clearly did not appeal to many American military observers. And the point here, as one might have guessed, is the price. The fact is that the Kommersant newspaper, citing sources, published information that
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
The largest customer of the Hawk abroad was the French Air Force. After the Moran-Solnier M.S. 406 fighter, Curtiss was the most numerous fighter in France at the time of the start of the German offensive in the spring of 1940. In February 1938, two months before
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Experienced XF5F-1 in flight. Photo Airwar.ruSpecial requirements are imposed on carrier-based aircraft, which can lead to the appearance of unusual designs. A striking example of this is the American project Grumman XF5F Skyrocket, as a result of which the Navy could get its first twin-engine
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
If the First World War was marked by the total devastation of the front line a dozen or two kilometers deep, then the Second was famous for the massive destruction of cities located hundreds and even thousands of kilometers from the front line. And the reason was not only the evolution of technical means
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
In the first part of our material devoted to Ju-188, we examined the long way to create this rather interesting and little-known aircraft, which received the name "Racher" in the Luftwaffe - "Avenger" (since one of the goals of its creation was "revenge bombing" for bombing of German
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
In the last article, we considered the reasons why the Su-33 won the race for the deck, and in this article we will try to answer another question - which fighter would be the most effective and would most closely correspond to the tasks of our aircraft carrier? Let's refresh our memory and remember the main characteristics
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
During World War II, the Allies supplied the P-39 Airacobra fighter to the USSR. Before the war, the Americans announced a competition for a fighter for their army. Within the framework of this competition, the aircraft was created by Bell Firm. In 1939, he was accepted into service, for lack of anything better. But the military im
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
After the adoption of GPV-2020, officials quite often talk about the rearmament of the Air Force (well, or more broadly, the supply of aviation systems to the RF Armed Forces). At the same time, the specific parameters of this rearmament and the size of the Air Force by 2020 are not directly given. In view of this, many media outlets give their predictions, but
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Jet "Comet" of the Third Reich However, the Kriegsmarine was not the only organization that drew attention to the Helmut Walter turbine. She was closely interested in the department of Hermann Goering. As in any other story, this one had its beginning. And it is associated with the name of an employee of the company
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
I haven't talked to my American acquaintances for a long time. Somehow it turned out that it was not possible to talk on Skype, given the time difference. And there were no special questions. Most Americans are exactly the same people as we are. It is much more important for them to know about a new store in their own
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
In the interests of the search and rescue service of the US Air Force, work is currently underway to create a promising Sikorsky HH-60W helicopter. This project has been brought to small-scale production and military trials, and in the foreseeable future it is expected to launch a full-fledged serial
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Recently, an extremely interesting article by the esteemed Evgeny Damantsev, "Red" level of threat for the Russian Aerospace Forces, was published on the pages of "Military Review": the result of the unofficial race of "tacticians" of the Su-34 and F-15E "was clarified." The title was so intriguing that the article was swallowed in an instant. However, as
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Mi-28N "Night Hunter" (NATO codification Havoc, "Ravager") is a Russian attack helicopter manufactured by PJSC Rostvertol, part of the Russian Helicopters holding. It is a modern combat helicopter, the main purpose of which is to search for and destroy tanks
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Stormtrooper. It is clear that for 90% of ordinary people, the IL-2 immediately appears in the head. Indeed, no other plane in the world can personify and symbolize what lies in the term "attack aircraft." But today I would like to speculate about things that seem to be assault, but not quite
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
Eras and aircraft In the post-Soviet space, they love the narrow specialization of winged combat vehicles, although world practice shows that it is gradually becoming a thing of the past. First, let's take a look at the depths of history. World War II approved the main types of bombers at that time, dividing them into light ones