Description
Book SynopsisThe Russian Air Force is the world’s second largest military air arm, capable of deploying more than 4,000 military aircraft, including 1,522 helicopters, 497 trainers, 873 fighters, 424 transports, and more.
Illustrated throughout with detailed artworks with authentic markings and exhaustive specifications, Technical Guide: Modern Russian Military Aircraft is a compact guide to the military aircraft deployed by the Russian Air Force from the end of the Cold War to the present.
Organised by type, this book includes every significant aircraft used by the Russian military over the last 30 years, from the latest Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter and Kamov Ka-50 ‘Black Shark’ attack helicopter to the evergreen Sukhoi Su-25 close air-support aircraft and the venerable Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter transport.
The guide is illustrated with profile artworks, three-views, and dynamic view artworks of the more famous aircraft still in service, such as the Sukhoi Su-27 ‘Flanker’, Mikoyan MiG-29 multirole fighter and Tupolev Tu-160 heavy bomber.
Illustrated with more than 110 detailed artworks, Technical Guide: Modern Russian Military Aircraft is an essential reference guide for modellers and aviation enthusiasts with a passion for modern military aircraft.
Table of ContentsContents include:
Fighters & Attack Aircraft
Mikoyan MiG-29
Mikoyan MiG-29K
Mikoyan MiG-29M and MiG-35
Mikoyan MiG-31
Sukhoi Su-24M
Sukhoi Su-25
Sukhoi Su-27
Sukhoi Su-30
Sukhoi Su-33
Sukhoi Su-34
Sukhoi Su-35
Sukhoi Su-57
Sukhoi Checkmate
Long-Range Bombers
Tupolev Tu-22
Tupolev Tu-95MS
Tupolev Tu-160
Transport & Reconnaissance
Antonov An-124
Antonov An-140
Antonov An-148
Beriev Be-200
Ilyushin Il-76 and Il-78
Ilyushin Il-112
Beriev Be-12
Beriev A-50 and A-100
Ilyushin Il-20 and Il-22
Ilyushin Il-38
Ilyushin Il-80
Ilyushin Il-82
Tupolev Tu-142
Tupolev Tu-214
Trainers
Tupolev Tu-134
Yakovlev Yak-130
Yakovlev Yak-152
Helicopters
Kamov Ka-27
Kamov Ka-29
Kamov Ka-31
Kamov Ka-52
Kamov Ka-226
Kazan Ansat
Mil Mi-8
Mil Mi-14
Mil Mi-24 and Mi-35 family
Mil Mi-26
Mil Mi-28
Mil Mi-38
