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9 unusual facts about Russian Air Force


28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Leningrad Order of Kutuzov(28 GIAP) was an Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War, the Korean War, and became part of the Russian Air Force after 1991.

470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (470 GIAP) was a regiment of the Russian Air Force.

Aslan Byutukayev

In March 2011 it was reported that Aslan Byutukaev had been killed in an airstrike by the Russian Air Force in Ingushetia, along with the deputy leader of the Caucasus Emirate, Supyan Abdullayev.

Evgeny Tarelkin

Tarelkin graduated from the Yeysk Air Force School in 1996 and the Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1998 before rising to the rank of Captain in the Russian Air Force.

Galina Talva

In 1953, she married Leon Volkov, a Soviet Russian Air Force colonel who defected to the US, and thereafter did little or no stage work.

Medal of Nesterov

The Medal of Nesterov was established to fill a gap in the Russian Federation award system following the formation of an independent Russian Air Force.

Military academies in Russia

These centers do a great deal of scientific and technical work in mastering new aircraft, equipment, and air combat tactics for the Russian Air Forces.

Western Military District

The district controls the 6th and 20th Guards Armies, formations and units of the Russian Airborne Troops (including the 76th Air Assault Division), and Baltic Fleet coastal defence units under Fleet HQ in Kaliningrad, as well as the 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command of the Russian Air Force.

Ysyk-Ata District

In 1992, the air base was transferred to Kyrgyzstan authorities; since 2003 it hosts Russian Air Force units.


17K-AM

17K-AM was the name of a two-stage russian orbital launch vehicle projected in 1993, proposed by the Russian Air Force and to be constructed by Chelomey.

Kant, Kyrgyzstan

The Kant Air Base near the city is now host to the Russian Air Force's 5th Air Army's 999th Air Base positioned in Kyrgyzstan in response to the United States presence at Manas Air Base.

Zarema Muzhakhoyeva

Before being sent to Moscow, Muzhakhoyeva also failed a mission to attack a bus with the Russian Air Force personnel in Mozdok, North Ossetia, and lived in the house of Nur-Pashi Kulayev in Ingushetia.


see also

Antonov An-70

The head of the Russian Air Force, Vladimir Mikhaylov, claimed that the An-70 has grown into a heavy, expensive cargo plane.

United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program

Lipetsk today has many of the old, current, and new Russian Air Force hardware, including the Sukhoi Su-34 and Yakovlev Yak-130.