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The majority of pilots listed here served in the Imperial Russian Air Force, the Soviet Air Force or the modern Russian Air Force (or continue to serve in the latter). The aircrew members listed below either performed notable feats in aviation, held senior positions in Russian military aviation, and/or received national or international ...
Maxim Kuzminov (19 June 1995 – February 2024), born in Arsenyev, [6] was a graduate of the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots. [7] During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he served in the Russian Armed Forces as a pilot-navigator in the 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment [], part of the 11th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District.
Mikhail Rostislavovich Farikh (Russian: Фарих Михаил Ростиславович) (June 6, 1959, Moscow — April 18, 2016 Bely) was a private helicopter pilot and the first Russian to go around the world by helicopter and to reach the North Pole. He held world records in helicopter competitions.
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last month has revealed details of the daring operation to fly across the border in his Mi8 combat helicopter, in an interview published by ...
A top Ukrainian official has detailed for the first time how a Russian helicopter pilot defected by flying his Mi-8, along with unsuspecting crew members, to Ukraine.
Defected Russian pilot speaks of cat being transported in helicopter for 114-mile journey Russian commander ‘used two military helicopters to transport his pet cat’ Skip to main content
Kairbolat "Nikolai" Sainovich Madyonov (Kazakh: Қайырболат Сайынұлы Майданов, romanized: Qaýırbolat Saýınulı Maýdanov, Russian: Николай Саинович Майданов; 7 February 1956 – 29 January 2000) was a legendary Kazakh helicopter pilot who was awarded both the title Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Russian Federation, making him one of ...
In 1952, the school received the name of the 160th Military School of Pilots and from 1953 passed to the development of a fundamentally new aircraft technology - helicopters. Since 1960 the school has been located in Syzran, Samara Oblast, and from 1963 was named Syzran Military Aviation School for pilots. In 1966 the school was transferred to ...