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History’s Only Two Female Fighter Pilot Aces Were Both Soviets
For Women’s History Month, The National Interest is commencing a multi-part series honoring some of history’s most badass ...
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Stolen Tech: The Soviet Shuttle
It may not have not been a good idea: the Dyna-Soar, Blue Gemini, and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory were all projects abandoned by the US Air Force for lack of a clear goal. The Soviet Union ...
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The Soviet Fighter That Swarmed the Skies in WW2
According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ... the highest production in the Soviet Union during WWII, with an ...
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Russia sanctions stall Ghana’s Air Force fleet upgrade
Plans by the Air Force to upgrade its fleet of Soviet aircraft have encountered obstacles due to international sanctions ...
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Why F-16s Could Be a Game Changer for Ukraine
A former Air Force brigadier general and a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman described what it would take to get Ukrainian pilots battle-ready. Photo illustration: Jeremy Shuback/WSJ ...
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Attempt to retain power as Soviet leader by force would have sparked conflict - Gorbachev
Attempts to use force to stay in power would have triggered an acute civil conflict with unpredictable consequences, he believes. "Those were dark days for the Soviet Union and for Russia.
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Post-Soviet security bloc to hold joint air force drills
MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. The Collective Security Treaty Organization, a post-Soviet security bloc, will hold exercises of joint air forces in October-November 2018, Chief of the Allied Staff of ...