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Article: Russian Air Power in Crisis
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- RUSI Journal
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- February 1, 2000
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CopyrightCopyright Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies Feb 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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RUSSIAN AIR POWER IN CRISIS by Benjamin S Lambeth, (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series, 1999), NPG, 233 pages
This definitive study, by a pre-eminent Western analyst, examines the deterioration of the Russian Air Force since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Dr Lambeth has interviewed squadron and test pilots, generals and aircraft manufacturers, extensively examined open Russian sources and placed the whole into the context of international air power since the Gulf War.
Before 1989, the Soviet Air Forces mustered over one million people and flew some 10 000 aircraft, while Soviet industry was producing 400-450 fighters and 100 bombers and transport aircraft annually. Targets for the ...