Say this about the Russians – definitely getting slicker in their marketing than their Soviet forebears…
(and it’s in English too)
Techie note – have been experimenting with inserting Flash objects this weekend, so if the above just shows up as a blank check your browser settings or if you are on a network that blocks Flash objects, you can download the zipfile here. -SJS
The average age of aircraft in the Russian Air Force is about 25 years, so the defense ministry is working up an ambitious plan to replace a major portion while eliminating some inventory by retirement, all by 2020. Fifteen hundred aircraft of which 350 are to be new production combat aircraft over the next ten…
You may recall that when the PAK-FA first took flight earlier this year a quick analysis was run on these pages and those over at USNI with a note that more granular analyses would surely be forthcoming. One of the first out of the box was over at the Air Power Australia site, and was…
Overnight: 25-26 October During the night, crews on the Hornet positioned aircraft on the flightdeck if the prospects of a night strike by moonlight made themselves present. In the meantime, PBY Catalina’s, using the first crude airborne radar sets, continued to try to locate the Japanese fleet in the darkness. Shortly after midnight, one PBY…
Events of 8 May 1942 Scratch One Flattop! by R.G. Smith Before dawn on 8 May, both the Japanese and the American carriers sent out scouts to locate their opponents. These made contact a few hours later, by which time the Japanese already had their strike planes in the air. The U.S. carriers launched their…
Quite a review of the types present in Naval Air in 1970…although they are missing one major player…
That whole warm, feel good evolution that was the 65th anniversary celebration of the defeat of Germany? The one where US and British troops participated in the parade for the first time, ever? Turns out someone still has an axe or two to grind: Vladimir Putin has snubbed both the Prince of Wales and the…
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Can’t remember where I saw it, but there was a pretty nice video that Sukhoi put out touting the Su-35. I suspect it accompanied this brochure because a couple of the diagrams look familiar. Anyway, the video was memorable because it got straight to the point. Had several separate animations of the Su-35 taking down several Eurofighters, an E-3, a couple B-52s, and a destroyer that (IIRC) looked suspiciously like an Arleigh Burke.
You mean this one?
Little optimistic I think re. the response of the “targets,” but hey, what do you expect from a commercial… 🙄 😆
-SJS
First time I’ve seen the Flash Paper medium, Nice job, and nice brochure.