The Soviet Union lasted a mere sixty-nine years (the Spitfire has been flying longer), but in that time produced some of the largest, fastest, toughest and most agile aircraft ever created. Even now, ...
Built to patrol the vast coastlines of the Soviet Union during World War II, the Beriev Be-4 was a small but vital flying ...
Making a flyover appearance at the 1950 Soviet May Day parade, the Il-28 went on to become one of the most prolific, reliable, and adaptable bombers in the arsenals of the Soviet Union, the Warsaw ...
A U.S. military program that sought to resurrect a secretive Soviet aircraft design has been scrapped, meaning no American successors to a plane dubbed the Caspian Sea Monster are on the horizon ...
The Soviet-era Minsk aircraft carrier, a hybrid warship designed for the Cold War, is now rotting away in a closed theme park in Nantong, China.