In 1939, a Russian-American aviator invented the first practical and mass-produced single-rotor helicopter revolutionizing modern aviation. Igor Sikorsky developed the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, a ...
Regardless of when and how the ongoing war ends, Russia will have to retire several types of combat aircraft afterwards.
Sitting in the Warbirds area at AirVenture 2019 was a pair of Soviet-era MI-2 helicopters which are being used as testbeds for a lot of new technology at the University of Iowa. The aircraft is used ...
The Russian combat aviation force retains significant capabilities for carrying out combat missions; however, not all ...
In March 2026, a small Ukrainian drone basically took out an attack helicopter — the Russian Ka-52 — and forced it into an emergency landing. This drone was an FPV model, short for first-person view, ...