A Russian Beriev Be-200 amphibious firefighting aircraft impacted a mountainside while fighting forest fires in Turkey. According to the reports, five crew members (military, belonging to the Russian Federation) and three Turkish forest inspectors were killed in the incident (some sources say just 7 people were aboard). The aircraft was …
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A screenshot of the video filmed from inside the Russian Il-38N. (Image credit: Fighter Bomber/YT) Russia releases an interesting video filmed from the aircrew of a Russian Navy Il-38 “Dolphin” (NATO reporting name “May”) ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) aircraft flying close to a U.S. carrier battle group in the Pacific. A …
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The flagship of the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet, the Slava Class missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, has carried out air defence and anti-submarine drills in the Mediterranean Sea as part of a long-distance deployment to the region. The cruiser is one of three of its class in service, and other than …
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Russian Navy MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor launched from the Kamchatka Peninsula, intercepted a supersonic cruise missile in the stratosphere during exercises that were conducted on the eve of the celebration of the Day of Naval Aviation. The missile was launched from the water area of the Sea of Okhotsk at an …
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