We started off with the deadliest female sniper in history, the Red Army’s Lyudmila Pavlichenko ... s aerial warrior counterparts in the Soviet Air Force, Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak and ...

In 1965, the Soviet Air Force tasked the Mikoyan design bureau with crafting this revolutionary craft under the leadership of chief Soviet designer Gleb Lozino-Lozinsky. The Spiral Project aimed ...

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A Russian-led bloc of post-Soviet nations has agreed to establish a rapid-reaction military force to combat ... initiated to close Manas Air Base, RIA-Novosti reported.

Powering the Su-27 are two Saturn AL-31F turbofan engines, each producing over 27,500 pounds of thrust with afterburners. These engines give the Flanker a top speed exceeding Mach 2.35 (around 1,550 ...