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Russia’s Famed Aerobatic Team Tests New Su-30SM Fighter Jets

05:40 31/08/2013

Pilots of Russia’s famed Russkiye Vityazi (the Russian Knights) aerobatic display team on Friday tested new Su-30SM multirole fighter jets, the aircraft’s manufacturer said.

Russia Leads Multirole Fighter Jet Sales Market – Report
14:27 27/08/2013
Russia is now the world’s leading exporter of new multirole fighter jets, a Moscow-based research center said Tuesday.
Russia to Deliver 12 Su-30 Fighter Jets to Vietnam – Source
16:47 21/08/2013
Russia will deliver another batch of 12 Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighter aircraft under a recent contract worth about $450 million, a defense industry source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Sukhoi Signs $47M Transponder Deal for Su-34
14:18 19/08/2013
The Sukhoi aircraft maker has signed a 1.5 billion ruble ($47 million) contract for the delivery of 184 friend-or-foe transponders for its Su-34 fighter-bombers, the equipment supplier said Monday.
Over 40 Aircraft Start War Games in W. Russia
17:00 17/07/2013
Russia’s Air Force has begun a large-scale exercise in the west of the country involving the "biggest-ever deployment of the service's new Sukhoi Su-34 strike aircraft," a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Combat Aircraft Remain Key Russian Arms Exports – Official
01:26 16/07/2013
Combat aircraft took a 40-percent share in overall Russian arms exports in 2012, keeping a trend that has become prominent in the past few years, a senior defense official said.
Russian Air Force to Get Su-30SM Fighter Jets in Bulk
19:34 04/07/2013
Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter jets will be delivered to the Russian Air Force as fully equipped squadrons, rather than “piecemeal,” deputy commander Colonel Sergei Kobylash said Thursday.
Finland Accuses Russia of Airspace Violation
11:16 12/06/2013
Two Russian military aircraft are suspected of having violated Finland’s airspace, the Finnish Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.5
Russia Scrambles Combat Aircraft in Snap Alert Drills
05:14 11/06/2013
The Russian Air Force has redeployed some 20 combat aircraft and helicopters from their home bases to forward airfields in western Russia as part of a new round of snap combat readiness check of the Russian military, the Defense Ministry said.
Ex-General Gets Suspended Sentence for Crashing Fighter
17:01 24/04/2013
A former Russian Air Force general was given a four-year suspended sentence and fined 5 million rubles ($160,000) by a court-martial on Wednesday for causing the crash of a Sukhoi Su-27UB fighter jet last year in Russia’s Karelia region.
Russian Aerobatics Teams to Take Part in Victory Day Parade
21:39 19/04/2013
Russian aerobatic display teams the Swifts and the Russian Knights will join a host of military aircraft in the Victory Day parade on May 9 in Moscow, Maj. Gen. Alexander Kharchevsky said on Friday.
Russia Ratifies Central Asia Base Deals
18:56 19/04/2013
Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified agreements with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on Friday extending the presence of Russian military bases in those countries.
Russian Air Force Readies for Massive Drills
22:47 19/03/2013
More than 70 aircraft and some 1,000 troops will be deployed in a series of tactical drills in preparation for a large-scale exercise next week in northwest Russia, military officials said on Tuesday.1
Estonia Retires Last Soviet-Era Radars
17:31 07/03/2013
Estonia’s Air Defense Forces have dismantled their last obsolete Soviet-made radars, the General Staff of the country’s armed forces said on Thursday.
Belarus Phases Out Russian Warplanes, Radars
19:35 19/02/2013
Belarus’ Armed Forces will replace a Russian radar station with an indigenous one and get rid of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27 fighters, Belarusian Defense Minister Yury Zhadobin said on Tuesday.
Modernized S-300 Missiles in Air Defense Exercise
17:12 18/02/2013
Modernized S-300 surface-to-air missiles will shoot down “enemy” fighters in an exercise in Russia’s Western Military District, the district's press service said on Monday.
Japan Scrambles Jets, Saying Russian Planes in Its Airspace
23:00 07/02/2013
Japan on Thursday scrambled military jets to intercept two Russian fighter planes believed to have violated its airspace, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported, citing the country’s Defense Ministry. The Russian military denied its aircraft had entered Japanese airspace.
Sukhoi Delivers 5 Su-34 Bombers to Russian Air Force
14:16 25/01/2013
The Novosibirsk aircraft plant, part of the Sukhoi holding, delivered five multirole Su-34 strike aircraft to the Russian Air Force on Friday, the manufacturer said.
Russia’s Voronezh Air Base to Get 5 Su-34 Fighters
10:33 25/12/2012
Five multi-role Su-34 bombers will be delivered for a second squadron of the Baltimore air base in Voronezh, southwest Russia, on Tuesday.1
Russian Aerobatic Teams First to Get Su-30SM, Su-35C
18:37 24/12/2012
Russian aerobatic teams the Swifts and the Russian Knights will receive new Su-30SM and Su-35C fighter jets ahead of regular Russian Air Force units, the force’s commander Viktor Bondarev said on Monday.

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