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This book explores Russia's air power, looking at their aircraft roster, from some of the most recognizable aircraft to the lesser-known. The specifications for each aircraft are supplied. Looking at manufacturers such as Tuploev, Antonov, and Mikoyan, and with over 280 images, this book showcases the aircraft Russia currently employ and their roles in Russia's air force, including in Syria and Ukraine.
In December 2020, the first Sukhoi Su-57, codenamed Felon by NATO, entered service with the Aerospace Forces, making it Russia's most recent combat aircraft. It is a multirole aircraft. With over 170 photos, this book describes the trials of the T-50 prototypes and the implementation of the Su-57 into series production.
Russian military aviation has undergone several upheavals in the post-Soviet era. There have been two driving forces behind these changes. First, the Russian experience of air power in conflicts has led to an increasing integration of the various branches of the armed forces. Today's VKS was created as a result of the absorption of the Air Defence Troops (VPVO) by the Air Force (VVS) in 1998, and then a merger of the Air Force with the Aerospace Defence Troops (VVKO) in 2015.
Following the success of the first offering in the series, Harpia Publishing presents the second volume of Russia's Warplanes, completing what has become a standard reference work on the subject. Once again researched and written by the acknowledged expert in the field, the book draws upon the author's unrivaled connections within the Russian aerospace industry to conclude this comprehensive directory of the country's latest military aviation hardware. The result forms an essential companion to Volume 1, which detailed tactical combat aircraft, attack and transport helicopters, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, and special mission aircraft including airborne command posts and relay a...
This is the first English- language book to provide such detailed insight into the once highly secretive world of Soviet military aircraft production, and into the elite MiG design bureau. The most thorough and authoritative history of its kind ever published.
Harpia Publishing presents an authoritative English-language account of the Russian-made airborne weapons currently in service on board fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters around the world. Readers of Russia's Warplanes will be familiar with the in-depth research, lavish illustrations and comprehensive specifications of this important but often ove
En gennemgang af jagerfly i de østeuropæiske lande, fortrinsvis det tidligere Sovietunionen.
9 x 12 208 pgs 500 color photos 10 color full-page 3-view artworks, 25+ side-view color profiles 15 large cutaways hundreds of technical & line drawings There is no comparable work. The material presented is the latest available and has been researched and written by one of the foremost authors in the field of Russian military aviation. Russia's aircraft and air forces remain the hottest topics within the field of contemporary military aviation. This book is an incredible value at $29.95.
This book provides a comprehensive account of the use of airpower in the first year of the Ukraine conflict. Airpower has been central to political, military, and public debates from the outset of the Russo‐Ukrainian war. After having started with whether the US and NATO should attempt to establish a No‐Fly Zone over Ukraine to protect the civilian population, the international discussion soon focused on the underperformance of Russian airpower. The fact that the initial contest for air superiority over Ukraine ended in an uneasy state of mutual denial came as a surprise to Western analysts, who suspected Kyiv would fall within a relatively short period of time. The surprise and relief t...
Where will the next generation of farmers come from? What will their farms look like? Fields of Learning: The Student Farm Movement in North America provides a concrete set of answers to these urgent questions, describing how, at a wide range of colleges and universities across the United States and Canada, students, faculty, and staff have joined together to establish on-campus farms as outdoor laboratories for agricultural and cultural education. From one-acre gardens to five-hundred-acre crop and livestock farms, student farms foster hands-on food-system literacy in a world where the shortcomings of input-intensive conventional agriculture have become increasingly apparent. They provide a...