Tag: Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker

This is the second Pakistani military drone shot down by the IAF after the last one was shot down along the Indo-Pak International Border near Gujrat on Feb. 27. A Pakistani drone was reportedly shot down by an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet on Mar. 4, 2019 after being...

The intercept, which took place on Nov. 23, 2017, was initiated because the Russian aircraft did not broadcast the appropriate codes required by air traffic control and had no flight plan on file The U.S. Air Force’s 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) will stand down from its NATO Baltic Air Policing mission next week and the service has posted a...

"Our pilots, in actual fact, helped their U.S. counterparts avoid an international incident that would have erupted if they had violated Russia's state border," Lt. Gen. Viktor Sevastyanov, commander of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army of the Russian Southern Military District As we have recently explained the Pentagon complained that a Russian Su-30 fighter jet had carried...

According to Russian media accounts the Poseidon was approaching the Russian coastline at a high rate of speed and only changed course after being intercepted by the Su-30 As we have already explained the Pentagon complained that a Russian Su-30 fighter jet had carried out an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon on Nov. 25 over the Black...

The Su-30 crossed P-8 flight path from right to left with its afterburners engaged. The maritime patrol aircraft had no way of avoiding its jet wash and experienced a 15-degree roll and violent turbulence. The Pentagon complained that a Russian Su-30 fighter jet had carried out an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon on Nov. 25 over the Black...

This has been not only the first time that a C-130J lands on Agra-Lucknow Expressway, but also the first time that an Indian Air Force transport aircraft take part in this kind of exercise Taken on Oct. 25, 2017, the interesting video in this post show Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft kicking off the third road runway exercise on a...

The goal of this edition of the biennial Blue Flag Exercise could be training Israeli Air Force pilots to fly and fight against the Su-30 which if procured by Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force could pose a serious threat to Israeli air assets This year’s iteration of Blue Flag Exercise at Uvda Air Base, Israel, will see a contingent...

U.S. official revealed the two Chinese Su-30 fighters came within 150 feet of the USAF WC-135, with one flying upside-down directly above it As reported by CNN a U.S. Air Force (USAF) WC-135 was intercepted by two Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 fighters on May 17, 2017 while flying in international airspace over the East China Sea. According to the statement from Air Force Lt....

Certain Su-30MKIs with one new and one old engine were wrongly accepted by IAF and the Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance As reported by Deccan Chronicle, it has come to light that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has delivered at least 18 Su-30MKI fighters to the Indian Air Force that are fitted with second-hand engines. “It was noticed while checking the records…that...

Technical specifications were a secondary factor in MiG-35 development, given that Russian Ministry of Defense wants the Fulcrum-Foxtrot as cheaply as possible As we have recently reported, on Jan. 26, 2016 the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (MiG) demonstrated the new MiG-35 to Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the company, the Fulcrum-Foxtrot is a a 4+++ generation jet fighter that is a...