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During the Cold War, the Soviet Air Force was rearmed, strengthened and modern air doctrines were introduced. At its peak in 1980, it could deploy approximately 10,000 aircraft, making it the world's largest air force of the time.
This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational types regardless of era.
Throughout the Cold War, the Soviet Air Force was a pivotal part of the USSR’s military strategy, with long-range bombers like the Tu-95 and advanced fighters such as the MiG-21 and Su-27 becoming iconic symbols of Soviet air power.
The basic organizational structure of the Soviet armed forces is their unity in a single powerful Ministry of Defense, now under Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky. The army and navy have previously alternated between separate and unified ministerial representation; the Air Forces have never had cabinet representation.
Beginning in the mid-1920s and extending until the col-lapse of the USSR, Soviet combat aircraft, often flown by Soviet pilots, were the gold standard of military assistance to Communist regimes and nation-alist movements in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
After the war, the Soviet Air Force became the largest Air Force in the world for a while, providing aircraft to its Warsaw Pact countries. It supplied pilots to the Korean Conflict, the Middle East and Vietnam as Advisors .
Although overshadowed in sheer size by the ground forces, the Soviet Air Force, in addition to conducting its normal military tasks, advertised the regimes technological success and was a major element of Soviet foreign policy from the earliest days. Download to read the full chapter text.
Although overshadowed in sheer size by the ground forces, the Soviet Air Force, in addition to conducting its normal military tasks, advertised the regime’s technological success and was a major element of Soviet foreign policy from the earliest days. Download to read the full chapter text.
In Western countries, typically known as the Red Air Force—one of the largest and most powerful air forces of the twentieth century. The rise and fall of the Soviet air force (1918–1991) reflected Soviet military might yet contributed enormously to the history of airpower.
The raining 800 jets (TAX-15) would be able to operate at 34,000 feet with a speed of 420 knots at that altitude. The balance of the fighters are conventional types with combat operational capabilities from 26,000 to 37,000 feet, with the best types having a speed of 320 knots at combat altitudes.