Russian air force upgrades Soviet-era fighters

AP Worldstream;  December 26, 2003 ;     429 words ......12-26-2003 Dateline: MOSCOW The Russian air force has begun fitting its Soviet-bui...Su-27 entered the Soviet air force during the 1980s. The Russian air force so far has lacked...increasing wear-and-tear on the Russian air force planes and lack of ...

Russian air force selects new training jet

AP Worldstream;  March 18, 2002 ;     325 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: MOSCOW The Russian air force has chosen a new aircraft to replace its aging fleet...were reluctant to order it before the plane entered Russian air force service, Kommersant said. The Yakovlev company...

Russian Air Power in Crisis

RUSI Journal;  February 1, 2000 ;     651 words ......deterioration of the Russian Air Force since the collapse...General Shaposhnikov, the Russian Air Force seemed to have identified...difficult to look to the Air Force's future with any optimism...the limitations of Russian air power at the turn of...

French Arctic traveler rescued by Russian Air Force from ice floe

AP Worldstream;  November 21, 2002 ;     152 words ......00-0000 Dateline: MOSCOW The Russian Air Force rescued a French traveler who...regions, the press service of the Air Force said. The traveler, Jean...After receiving the alert, the Russian Air Force sent an Mi-8 helicopter to rescue...

Senior Russian military official warns of air force's decay

AP Worldstream;  September 17, 2002 ;     315 words ......MOSCOW More than half of Russian air force bases need major repairs...percent of all crashes of Russian military aircraft in recent...percent of planes in the Russian air force's inventory are relatively...served for 20 or 25 years. Air Force chief, Col.-Gen. ...

Russia's Putin appoints new air force chief

AP Worldstream;  January 22, 2002 ;     171 words ......in the Soviet and then Russian air force after graduating from the air force academy in 1966. He has...medal for a successful air force operation to kill Chechen...Mikhailov was named deputy air force chief in 1998. (vi/ji/bh...

Russian Air Force stunt fly show raises curtain in C. China province

Xinhua News Agency;  March 18, 2006 ;     114 words ...Russian Air Force stunt fly show raises curtain in C...Hunan, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The 2006 Russian Air Force Tianmenshan stunt fly show officially...Zhou Bohua, Vice Governor He Tongxin, Russian Air Force Deputy Chief Aitech Bizhev and Russian...

Putin praises Russian air force

AP Worldstream;  August 12, 2003 ;     325 words ......President Vladimir Putin praised the troubled Russian air force on its official holiday Tuesday, saying...Kremlin statement quoted Putin as saying in an Air Force Day message. The day honoring the air force came four days after it lost three aircraft...

Russian air force to upgrade Soviet-era fighters, part of first major...

AP Worldstream;  December 26, 2003 ;     557 words ......arsenal during the 1980s. The Russian air force has bought just a handful of...modernizing Soviet-built aircraft. Russian air force pilots have complained bitterly...Increasing wear-and-tear on Russian air force planes and lack of pilot training...

Russian air force lose three aircraft in one day

AP Worldstream;  August 8, 2003 ;     264 words ......a blow for the beleaguered Russian Air Force, it lost one helicopter to...two crew members survived, Russian Air Force chief, Col.-Gen. Vladimir Mikhailov...an Su-24 jet bomber of the Russian air force crashed on a training mission...

Russian Air Force, Navy complete joint maneuvers successfully: senior...

Xinhua News Agency;  February 2, 2008 ;     162 words ...Russian Air Force, Navy complete joint maneuvers...MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Air Force and Navy have successfully...Atlantic and Arctic oceans, Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Igor...Khvorov said on Saturday. "The Air Force and the Navy ...

Russia to Cut 15,500 Border Servicemen, 30,000 Air Force Men

Xinhua News Agency;  December 27, 2000 ;     300 words ...The Russian Federal Border Service...15,500 people and the Russian Air Force by 30,000 servicemen...he said. On Tuesday, Russian Air Force Commander-in-Chief Army...Kornukov said that the Air Force personnel will be cut...

A Firsthand Look at Armenia's Air Force

Armenian Reporter, The;  October 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......well-equipped Azerbaijan Air Force and a small Armenian Air Force. Although the latter...ended, the Armenian Air Force had some 13 Mi-24 Hind...25Ks. The Armenian Air Force was officially established...visit all the Armenian Air Force bases. At Yerevan ...

Russian Air Force to Upgrade Fighters

AP Online;  December 26, 2003 ;     515 words ......Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Far East to the air force's Lipetsk combat training...western Russia for testing. Russian TV showed the sleek, twin-engi...fighter _ the cast-strapped Russian air force has bought just a handful...Increasing wear-and-tear on Russian air ...

Urgent: At least 13 Russian air force servicemen killed in bombattack

Xinhua News Agency;  June 5, 2003 ;     37 words ...Urgent: At least 13 Russian air force servicemen killed in bomb attack MOSCOW, June 5 (Xinhua)-- At least 13 Russian air force servicemen were killed in a bomb attack on their bus Thursday near Chechnya, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.