#Soviet Air Force

[nocternalrandomness]

Soviet Ilyushin IL-2 attack aircraft taking off from an airfield near Stalingrad February 1943

[carbone14]

Pilotes soviétiques devant un chasseur Polikarpov I-16 – 1930s-1940s

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[enriquemzn262]

Gotta love it when military aircraft manufacturers decide to make passenger aircraft in the laziest way possible, by taking a bomber design and just adding a wider fuselage, for example:

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-104

Comes from the Tu-16 medium bomber

The Tu-114

From the Tu-95

And the Tu-70 prototype

Comes from the soviet copy of the American Boeing B-29 bomber, which also had an official airliner derivative

The Boeing Stratocruiser.

And since we’re outside the iron curtain

The British Avro York

Is a heavily modified variant of the iconic Avro Lancaster heavy bomber.

[ghostwarriorrrr]

F-4 Phantom intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 Bear

[cawthedwal]

a collection of interactions

[usafphantom2]

1/: Painting l did in 2017.

Hungarian Heinkel He-112 fighter in action over Russia in the summer of 1941. The 5th Fighter Group of the Romanian Air Force included two squadrons of He-112s. These units saw action on the opening day of Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941.

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[clinicsharmartia]

When I was younger I really believed that I was going to be super responsible with my money and have a proper savings account and have a retirement fund etc. Now that I’m older with free will and a paycheque I can’t stop buying Cold War memorabilia to fuel my ever long special interest.

[blackros78]

Sukhoi Su-15 'Flagon'

[joshuawister]

MiG-23 "Flogger" (МиГ-23)

MiG-23: A Versatile Soviet Fighter

The MiG-23 was a Soviet-built fighter aircraft designed to replace the widely used MiG-21. It was a significant advancement in its time, featuring several innovative technologies.

Production and Variants

Over 5,000 MiG-23s were produced in various variants, with the MiG-23MS being the most widely exported version.

(Description by Comrade Gemini)

[demonbloodenthusiast]

91 whiskey actually ruined my life because it got me into not one but TWO fandoms of hbo war shows and now my dad thinks i'm interested in ww2

[carbone14]

Yakovlev Yak-3 Vk 107

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[enriquemzn262]

So, do you know what happens when you let an aircraft design bureau known for making bombers, make an interceptor?

You get, from Convair, know for making the B-58 Hustler

the world’s first supersonic bomber

The F-102 Delta Dagger

And the F-106 Delta Dart

And from Tupolev, known from pretty much being THE bomber-maker of the Soviet Union, among them the Tu-22 “Blinder”

The Soviet Union’s first supersonic bomber, and the only supersonic bomber to be available for export customers, you get

The Tu-128, the world’s heaviest “fighter” aircraft.

Oh, and for the opposite, see what happens when you let Dassault, known for making France’s fighter jets since WW2

especially supersonic delta wing designs, you get

The Mirage IV, the world’s shortest-ranged nuclear bomber.

[ghostwarriorrrr]

T-80UDs heading into Moscow, 1991 Soviet August coup.

[official-chekov-enjoyer]

I have an Amazon Prime profile where I exclusively watch queer movies so all my suggestions are queer films. And also Top Gun: Maverick is in my suggested. So…

[historyofguns]

The article "Convair B-58 Hustler — The Strategic Bomber Built to End the World" by Will Dabbs, MD, published in "The Armory Life," discusses the history and technical characteristics of the Convair B-58 Hustler, a Cold War-era strategic bomber designed for high-altitude, high-speed missions. Initially intended to perform a singular mission focused on nuclear delivery, the B-58 was engineered for speed and operated at Mach 2 and 70,000 feet. Despite its advanced design, including features like a delta wing and the use of four General Electric J79 engines, the aircraft faced limitations, such as vulnerability to surface-to-air missiles and challenging flight characteristics. The article details several engineering challenges, such as crew safety at high speeds, and mentions its operational history, highlighting it was never used in combat and was phased out due to the evolving nature of aerial threats. The piece emphasizes the B-58's role in America's nuclear triad and its iconic status as a technological marvel of its time.