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The alternate name, "Frolov's Chakra", refers to Russian test pilot Yevgeni Frolov, the pilot who first carried out the maneuver, while "chakra" is a yogic term, meaning "vortex" or "whirlpool". The Kulbit drastically decreases the aircraft's speed and could theoretically be used to cause a pursuing aircraft to overshoot its target.
A Russian Air Force Su-34 A Russian Air Force Su-35S A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade A Beriev A-50 in flight A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight A Yak-130 at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow
The 929th State Flight Test Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation named after V.P. Chkalov (929 GLITs MO RF) is a Russian aviation research and testing military institution. This is the main military aviation test institution of the Aerospace Forces and the Armed Forces of Russia.
The Russian Air Force, like the Soviet Air Forces before them, has the aviation regiment as its basic organisational unit. This page will slowly attempt to list all the regiments in Russian Air Force service since May 7, 1992, the date on which Boris Yeltsin decreed the establishment of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
The Russian Aerospace Forces [2] [a] or Russian Air and Space Forces [3] (VKS [b]) comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was established on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force (VVS) and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO), as recommended by ...
The Russian Falcons (also Falcons of Russia [1], Russian: Соколы России) is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force, established in 2006 and based on Lipetsk Air Base. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Originally led by Major General Alexander Kharchevsky until 2015, the group is presently under the leadership of Colonel Alexander ...
This is a list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of Russia. The list further encompasses Russia's experimental aircraft and those currently in development. The figures presented below do not account for losses incurred in Ukraine, as conflicting ...
237th Air Force Display Centre of the Russian Air Force. I. N. Kozheduba - Russian Falcons 968th Instructor-Research Aviation Regiment [50] Marinovka: Marinovka: Volgograd Oblast: 4th: 4th Composite Aviation Division: 11th Composite Aviation Regiment [51] Michurinsk: Michurinsk: Tambov Oblast: VVS HQ: 786th Aviation Training Centre for the ...