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Did you know Su-27 pilot Viktor Pugachev Wasn’t the First to Perform the Cobra? The Story of the Syrian MiG-21 Pilot who Developed the Cobra Manoeuvre

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Sep 19 2023

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Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat. But they published this F-14 “booklet” for their top fighter pilots.

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Here’s how Soviets were able to publish this F-14 “booklet” for their top fighter pilots although Russia never received any (Iranian) Tomcat

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Russian Tu-22M-3 Bombers are hitting Ukraine with Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen) 1960s missiles. But since they have a Circular Error Probable of 3 miles, they are missing their Targets.

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Moscow is wasting its stock of cruise missiles to target whatever facilities it thinks might hide Western weapons because Russian Army can’t track the flow of Western arms into Ukraine

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As a Ukrainian Tupolev Tu-141 drone crashes in Croatia, Moscow says it destroyed 90% of the Ukrainian Air Bases (But The Pentagon says that 90% of the Ukrainian Air Force is intact)

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Against Ukraine, Russia is deploying its Sukhoi Su-34 attack aircraft armed with Dumb Bombs because it lacks PGMs (And Poland Won’t donate its MiG-29s to Kyiv)

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Sukhoi Su-34 Pilot who stood next to Assad and Putin in 2016 Photo was flying one of the eight Russian Aircraft shot down over Ukraine today

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Here’s why the ‘Ghost of Kyiv,’ the Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot credited for having shot down 6 Russian jets (2x Su-35s, 1x Su-27, 1x MiG-29M, and 2x Su-25s) is just an Urban Legend

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Tom Cooper

Did you know Su-27 pilot Viktor Pugachev Wasn’t the First to Perform the Cobra? The Story of the Syrian MiG-21 Pilot who Developed the Cobra Manoeuvre

Thanks to our partners

Here’s how Soviets were able to publish this F-14 “booklet” for their top fighter pilots although Russia never received any (Iranian) Tomcat

Of Backfires and Kitchens: the importance of Integrated Air Defense Systems during Cold War, whose echoes resonate and literally explode in Ukraine today

The failure of Air Power during the Russia-Ukraine War

Russian Tu-22M-3 Bombers are hitting Ukraine with Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen) 1960s missiles. But since they have a Circular Error Probable of 3 miles, they are missing their Targets.

Bayraktar TB2-taken video features Ukrainian Su-27 nearly blowing up his wingman with a dumb bomb delivered against Russian garrison of Snake Island

Moscow is wasting its stock of cruise missiles to target whatever facilities it thinks might hide Western weapons because Russian Army can’t track the flow of Western arms into Ukraine

Here’s why RTS Moskva (121), Russian Navy’s Black Sea flagship, could have Exploded by Itself

Dumb Bombs for Dumb Things: VKS reactivates 70-Year-Old FAB-3000M-46 bombs not suitable for Fast Jets to arm its Tupolev Tu-22M3 Supersonic Bombers to strike Ukraine

Here’s why NATO can’t establish a No-Fly-Zone over Ukraine and why Kyiv does not need additional MiG-29s (But Bayraktar drones and Switchblade robotic bombs)

Know Your Enemy: why the Russian Air-Space Force is not meant to fight the way Western Air Forces do and Why it rules the Ukrainian skies – above the frontline

As a Ukrainian Tupolev Tu-141 drone crashes in Croatia, Moscow says it destroyed 90% of the Ukrainian Air Bases (But The Pentagon says that 90% of the Ukrainian Air Force is intact)

Against Ukraine, Russia is deploying its Sukhoi Su-34 attack aircraft armed with Dumb Bombs because it lacks PGMs (And Poland Won’t donate its MiG-29s to Kyiv)

Sukhoi Su-34 Pilot who stood next to Assad and Putin in 2016 Photo was flying one of the eight Russian Aircraft shot down over Ukraine today

Here’s why Moscow declared ‘Total Aerial Superiority’ in the Skies over Ukraine and why Russia does not use its Jets as Multi-Role Aircraft

The MiG-29s and Su-25s that EU could donate to Ukraine and Why the Russians have not achieved ‘Total Aerial Superiority’ in the Ukrainian skies

Here’s why the ‘Ghost of Kyiv,’ the Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot credited for having shot down 6 Russian jets (2x Su-35s, 1x Su-27, 1x MiG-29M, and 2x Su-25s) is just an Urban Legend

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