Voisin. A French reconnaissance bomber from 1914 (WW1). Flight range – 450 km, max. speed – 100 km/h, ceiling – 3500 m  

Su-17 M3. A Soviet strike fighter from 1966. The first supersonic variable sweep wing fighter-bomber in a series. Total 600 aircrafts had been built until 1998. Flight range – 2300 km, max. speed – 2100 km/h, ceiling – 15400 m The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S…

Su-7B. A Soviet first supersonic fighter-bomber from 1959 in a series. Exported to eight countries. Flight range – 1380 km, max. speed – 2120 km/h, ceiling – 19500 m  The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation name: Fitter-A) is a swept wing, supersonic fighter aircraft…

La-250. A Soviet experimental supersonic interceptor from 1956. Flight range – 2000 km, max. speed 2000 km/h, ceiling – 18000 m The Lavochkin La-250 “Anakonda” was a high-altitude interceptor aircraft prototype developed in the Soviet Union by the Lavochkin…

Su-25. A Soviet attack aircraft from 1975. Flight range – 1850 km, max. speed – 950 km/h, ceiling – 7000 m, armament – 30 mm cannon, weapons payload – 4360 kg The Sukhoi Su-25 Grach (Russian: Грач (rook); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single…

Yak-141. A Soviet (the first in the world multipurpose supersonic) aircraft with vertical take-off and landing. Flight range – 2100 km, max. speed – 1800 km/h, ceiling – 15500 m The Yakovlev Yak-141 (Russian: Яковлев Як-141; NATO reporting name “Freestyle”)…

MiG-19 PM. An interceptor from 1954: the first Soviet supersonic interceptor in the series. Flight range – 1910 km, max. speed – 1445 km/h, ceiling – 16800 m, armament – AAM The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name:…

MiG-21 PFS. A Soviet front-line jet fighter from 1957: the most known fighter, not surpassed by any aircraft in the 1960s air combats. Flight range – 1670 km, max. speed 2175 km/h, ceiling – 19000 m, armament – AAM, ASM  The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO…

Be-12. A Soviet anti-submarine amphibian aircraft from 1960: 42 worlds’ records. Total 140 aircrafts built. Flight range – 4000 km, max. speed – 550 km/h, ceiling – 12100 m The Beriev Be-12 Chayka (“Seagull”, NATO reporting name: Mail) is a Soviet turboprop…

An-22 (Antey). A Soviet heavy military transport aircraft from 1965. The worlds’ first and largest widebody for its time airplane: 41 worlds’ records. Flight range – 9000 km, max. speed – 600 km/h, ceiling – 8000 m, payload – 60000 kg The Antonov An-22 “Antei”…

An-12. A Soviet military transport aircraft from 1957: 39 world records on speed and altitude. Flight range – 3350 km, max. speed – 650 km/h, ceiling – 10500 m, payload – 20000 kg, armament – AM23 cannon The Antonov An-12 (Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting…

Yak-25R. A Soviet reconnaissance aircraft from 1959. Flight range – 3000 km, max. speed – 850 km/h, ceiling – 20500 m The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft built…

Yak-25. A soviet combat interceptor from 1952. The first Soviet interceptor with radars in a series. Flight range – 2010 km, max. speed – 1090 km/h The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor…

Yak-130. A Russian training aircraft from 1996. The plane is equipped with a mode simulation system of combat employment. Capable of performing the light strike fight tasks. Flight range – 2000 km, max. speed – 1060 km/h The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting…

Tu-128. A Soviet long-range supersonic interceptor from 1961. Flight range – 2565 km, max. speed – 1910 km/h The Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO reporting name Fiddler) was a long-range interceptor aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The official designation…

Po 2 (U 2). Night bomber from WW2. Designed by N. Polikarpov. Flight range – 470 km, max. speed – 145 km/h The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2, for its initial uchebnyy, ‘training’, role as a flight instruction aircraft) served as an all-weather multirole Soviet…

R-5. Reconnaissance aircraft from the 1930s (1928). Designed by N. Polikarpov. Flight range – 1000 km, max. speed – 256 km/h The Polikarpov R-5 (Russian: Р-5) was a Soviet reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was the standard light bomber and reconnaissance…

I 15bis. Fighter from 1930s (1936). Flight range – 530 km, max. speed – 370 km/h The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: Чайка, “Seagull”) because of its gulled upper wings, it was…

La-7. Tactical fighter from WW2 (1944). Flight range – 635 km, max. speed – 680 km/h The Lavochkin La-7 (Russian: Лавочкин Ла-7) was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau. It was…