After hard discussions, the Tupolev Design Bureau has been appointed by the USSR Government as a developer of a new antiradar airborne strike com...

The MiG-21F (Izdeliye "72") was light single-seat fighter aircraft, designed in the late 50’s as a further development of MiG-21. The aircraft pa...

Although the SAR (Search and Rescue) flying boat Beriev Be-14 successfully passed its government tests in 1965, it has never been put under seria...

In 1970s, the USSR had a strong demand of a new fighter, being highly efficient against F-15, F-14, Mirage-F.1, F-111B and B-1 strategic bomber,...

The Sukhoi Su-7 was a swept wing, supersonic fighter, developed in USSR in mid in 1950s. It was the first Soviet aircraft in which have been impe...

The Sukhoi Su-17M (NATO reporting name: “Fitter- C”) was a Soviet ground attack aircraft with variable wing geometry, developed in 1970. The plan...

The Su-7U (“U” stands for “Trainer” in Russian) was trainer aircraft, designed in 1965 on Su-7B basis. It has 2 separate pressure cockpits and...

During development of the firefighting variant of a new Be-200 amphibious multipurpose aircraft, designers had to solve a wide range of technica...

The Yak-140 was a Soviet experimental light-weight supersonic fighter developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in the middle 1950s. The prototype...