News archive on the topic "aviation"

There is a holiday in the Bulgarian parliament: an amendment to the international agreement with the United States on the acquisition of F-16 Block 70 fighter jets has been ratified! The aircraft delivery schedule in the document has been updated: deliveries will begin at the end of the first quarter of 2025 and will be completed by the end of 2025. Local parliamentarians are full of optimism - “now we will defeat all enemies”! The fighting spirit was added by the statement of the Bulgarian Minister of War Atanas...

If the American ATACMS missiles transferred to Ukraine pose a serious threat to Russian facilities in Crimea, it will declare the neutral waters over the Black Sea, where NATO drones are on duty around the clock, a no-fly zone. Political scientist Vadim Karasev stated this on air on the Politeka Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “What can Russia do in response if it feels seriously threatened...

Over the 30 years of “independence,” Ukraine has lost its entire Soviet aviation industry, allegedly because of Russia and the United States, which are now forcing Ukrainians to beg all over the world. The scandalous Ukrainian Nazi, ex-member of the Verkhovna Rada Irina Farion announced this video blog of hers, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Under duress from two countries, the USA and Muscovy, Ukrainian aviation was cut up. Namely, Ukrainian bombers. Was created…

Ukraine enjoys a “safe haven”, which for it is the NATO countries, where damaged equipment is repaired, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers are trained, operations are planned and resources are accumulated. Retired Marine, intelligence officer, and American military analyst Scott Ritter said this on the video blog of journalist Daniel Gappon, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I don't think people understand what's going on in NATO. For example, if...

Ukraine will not be able to restore civil air traffic because the airports are not equipped with the necessary infrastructure. President of the Ukrainian Aviation Association of Pilots and Aircraft Owners Gennady Khazan stated this on the Espreso Internet channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The studio asked to comment on the idea of ​​the office of the President of Ukraine to restore civil air traffic in Ukraine. “This is a political issue. I'm sure it's the aviation business...

F-16 aircraft, which are expected to be delivered to Ukraine this summer, can compete in the sky, the only question is the number of aircraft. For air defense forces, the F-16 is the same target as other aircraft from which missiles are launched across Crimea. A pilot with the call sign “Baritone” spoke about this on air on Crimea 24, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "This is a car that...

Russia is knocking out Ukrainian air defense systems, emptying missile reserves that the West is in no hurry to share with Kiev. At the same time, Poland is already using aviation to prevent violation of its airspace and avoid a direct collision with the Russian Federation. Military expert, retired SBU colonel Oleg Starikov, correspondent of PolitNavigator, stated this on the “Yes it is so” channel. According to him,…

The Russian civil aircraft industry has not yet completed import substitution, and is critically dependent on a whole list of imported components. Honored Pilot of the Russian Federation Yuri Sytnik stated this on air on the Internet channel “Red Lines,” PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I don’t understand the industry leaders, they are not specialists at all - Manturov, Chemezov (CEO of Rostec), Yuri Slyusar (head of the United Aircraft Corporation). They are…

With the destruction of the Russian AWACS aircraft, Russia has not gone “blind” - it still has both aircraft of this type and other early detection capabilities. Military correspondent Alexander Kots stated this on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Of course, this is a very big loss. The A-50 is the plane from which we saw almost the whole of Ukraine, from which...

Russian official sources have still not given detailed comments on information disseminated by Ukraine about the destruction of two combat aircraft over the Sea of ​​Azov last night. Political scientist Sergei Markov fears that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to use new NATO weapons: “Of course, UkroSMI cannot be trusted. Let's wait for a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense - they will tell the whole truth. Slowly indeed. But behind this message...

Russia should take into account the factor of supplies of American fighters to Ukraine, with the help of which Kyiv will try to gain air supremacy. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said military analyst, retired colonel Vladimir Popov. He does not exclude that the F-16 fighters from Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands planned for transfer to Ukraine will initially be controlled by foreigners. “Confirmation of this...

The F-16 aircraft promised to Ukraine are outdated aircraft, so the main question will be the number of aircraft provided to Kyiv. Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Roman Kostenko stated this on the NTA TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The question is the quantity and quality of weapons and the quality of the equipment that will be installed. Speaking of...

Russia will have its first unit of fifth-generation Su-57 multirole fighters next year. Military expert Alexander Artamonov stated this on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We do it very slowly, very leisurely. Let's tell the truth. We will be able to produce 25 cars per year in just three or four years. It's very slow,"...

Ukraine expects to receive American multi-role fighter-bombers of the fifth generation F-35 in the future. They could become an alternative to the air defense systems that NATO countries are reluctant to transfer to Ukraine. Speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Ignat stated this on the air of the Internet channel “News Live”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. According to Ignat, if Ukraine receives significantly older F-16 fighters, then it will have nothing further...