The issue in November 1951 of a specification for an all-weather fighter capable of mounting standing patrols led the Lavochkin bureau to underta...

In mid 50’s of XX century, the USSR started process of аn anti-submarine aviation formation, a brand new kind of air force, due to the strong dem...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich I-320 was an all-weather fighter, capable of intercepting hostile aircrafts from a long distance.It's development began at l...

In the beginning of 1956, the “OKB-155”( Mikoyan-and-Gurevich ) Design Bureau began developing new supersonic interceptor under designation I-7U....

In 1970s, the USSR had a strong demand of a new fighter, being highly efficient against F-15, F-14, Mirage-F.1, F-111B and B-1 strategic bomber,...

Initially, Beriev Design Bureau had an intention to develop a special Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft, based on Be-12. The design works began in...

The Ye-152M was intended to be the prototype of a new air defense interceptor with advanced avionics. It was based on its predecessor –Ye-152-2,...

The Ye-152 and Ye-152A were developed in the late 50’s from the Ye-150 interceptor by OKB-156 Design team.Due to the fear of possible malfunction...

After hard discussions, the Tupolev Design Bureau has been appointed by the USSR Government as a developer of a new antiradar airborne strike com...

Although the SAR (Search and Rescue) flying boat Beriev Be-14 successfully passed its government tests in 1965, it has never been put under seria...

The MiG-21F (Izdeliye "72") was light single-seat fighter aircraft, designed in the late 50’s as a further development of MiG-21. The aircraft pa...