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	Air Force Technology - Mi-8 (Mi 17) Hip Multi-Mission Helicopter
		In November 2006, the Indian Air Force announced the procurement of a further 80 Mi-17-1V helicopters for delivery in 2007-2008 and a planned procurement of 197 helicopters for the Indian Army.
		The Mi-8T military-transport helicopter is configured with a conventional pod and boom, with a tail rotor and non-retractable tricycle nosewheel landing gear.
		The cockpit and the main cabin are heated and air conditioning is optional.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/mi8t (1051 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: The Russian Federation:Human Rights Developments
		Russian artillery and aviation tracked the fighters' flight from Grozny to the mountainous south, destroying the villages through which the fighters passed with total disregard for the civilian population.
		Russian forces surrounded the village and then, as civilians sought to flee, subjected the village to a withering assault, totally flattening it.
		Russian forces refused to provide exit routes to civilians fleeing from fighting and attacked convoys of displaced persons on several occasions.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k1/europe/russian.html (2786 words)

	War in Chechnya - 1999, news archive (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Latest unofficial information about the tactics employed by the Russian Air Force suggests that the main goal of Russian aviation is to drive civilian population from Chechnya in preparation for a massive assault by the ground forces.
		Russian government announced on Sept. 29 that there is no need for international humanitarian help and that its own Ministry of Emergency Situations will be able to handle the flood of refuges from Chechnya.
		Russian military and the Air Force in particular have very limited time left until the weather conditions in the region will deteriorate to the point when they would present a problem to Russian military aircraft operating over Chechnya.
	www.aeronautics.ru /chechnya/092999.htm (1497 words)

	··· Azeri Genocide ···
		Forces of air defense of Azerbaijan were brought to combat alert.
		Despite numerous statements of Russian officials that the Russian Federation has stopped shipping arms to Armenia and that the Russian arms and military equipment on the territory of the Republic of Armenia pursue solely defensive goals, facts prove the opposite to be right.
		This is the case with Russia, whose military air-craft violated air space of the Republic of Azerbaijan on February 25, 1999.
	www.azerigenocide.org /archive/arch09.htm (536 words)

	Russian armed force, Russian air force, Russia military, Russian army on RussiansAbroad.com
		The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are organized into six services subordinate to the Ministry of Defense.
		The services are the ground forces, the naval forces, the air forces, the air defense forces, the strategic rocket forces, and the airborne troops (see fig.
		There were plans to reduce the number of armed services to three by combining the air forces, air defense forces, and strategic rocket forces into a single space force, but this change had not been approved officially by mid-1996.
	www.russiansabroad.com /russian_history_347.html (151 words)

	Current State of the Russian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Air Defense (AD) is the largest component of the Russian Air Force (VVS), with about 60% of all VVS aircraft and personnel.
		However, the bulk of air defence regiments brigades and divisions will be retained, so that the air defence troops will constitute 60 per cent of the integrated air force.
		According to Kornukov, the integrated RFAF must be able to achieve several different missions, including: to detect and warn military districts (TVDs) and civil defence planners of any impending air attack; gain and maintain air superiority; protect troops and their logistics tails, and support ground and naval operations.
	www.aeronautics.ru /news/news002/news052.htm (2665 words)

	Russian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the centre of the flag is the Air Force’s emblem — twoheads eagle with Órossed propeller and sword.
		The emblem at the centre of the flag is the Air Force's emblem, not Russia's coat-of-arms.
		Since the end of the Soviet Union the Russian Air Force retained the previous flag, except that the hammer and sickle (but not the red star!) was removed.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ru^af.html (369 words)

	Russian Aviation News
		Right now the Russian Federation ministry of industry and energy, defense ministry, ministry of economic development and transportation ministry are coordinating the state defense order for 2007 and deliveries of combat equipment within the framework of the state arms program to 2015.
		As air force commander-in-chief, General of the Army Vladimir Mikhaylov, reported to Interfax-AVN, representatives of defense ministry and air force leadership have arrived for acceptance of the upgraded airplane.
		Two Russian Su-30 fighters have arrived in Caracas for participation in a military parade in honor of the anniversary of the winning of independence from Spain by Venezuela, which takes place on 5 July, a representative of the Russian Federation defense industrial complex reported to Interfax-AVN.
	www.royfc.com /acft_news_old_jul1.html (2991 words)

	Tajikistan, 1992-1997
		Initially, the Russians were less concerned with fighting the Tajik Islamists, and more with training additional units of the Tajik Army, which meanwhile grew to over 10.000 troops and became involved in a series of campaigns in the Pamir range, as well as in Garm and Komsolabad areas.
		Many of the Russian Air Force units that participated in the wars on Caucasus, and in Tajikistan, in the early 1990s, were formerly deployed in Eastern Europe.
		Consequently, the Russians were forced to fly in several additional battalions aboard transport aircraft to Tadjikistan before the offensive towards the border with Afghanistan could be continued.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/printer_284.shtml (3371 words)

	Monino Air Force Museum Russia Photo Gallery by John Ortega at pbase.com
		The museum was formerly known as The Russian Federation Air Force Museum and, prior to that, The USSR Air Force Museum.The AF Museum exists since 1958 and now is the biggest aviation museum on the territory of the former USSR.
		For more than 40 years the Air Force Museum was an integral part of the AF academy named after Yu.A.Gagarin, the "factory" of command and staff cadres for the military aviation, as it is often called.
		On June 9, 2000 the decision to organize The Central Air Force Museum at Monino (Shchelkovo district, Moscow region) was taken by the Russian Government.
	www.pbase.com /jortega/russia_air_museum (634 words)

	Russian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные cилы России, transliteration: Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii) is the air force of Russia.
		In October 2004 the disbandment of the 200th and 444th Bomber Aviation Regiments with Tupolev Tu-22M3, the disbandment of the 28th, 159th, 790th, and 941st Fighter Aviation Regiments, the 302nd and 959th Regiments equipped with Sukhoi Su-24, and the 187th and 461st Assault Aviation Regiments with the Sukhoi Su-25 was announced.
		In 1998 the VVS was merged with the Voyska PVO (Air Defence Force).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Federation_Air_Force (1004 words)

	ShowNews Online: FARNBOROUGH 2004
		Under the original MTAIC agreement, Russian air force An-70 requirements totaled 164 aircraft-to be locally completed by the Polyot manufacturers' association for the airframe and the Salyut/Stupino groups for the D-27/CB-27 propfan units.
		At a June 16 Russo/Ukraine three-day summit meeting, however, General Vladimir Mikhailov, C-in-C of the Russian Federation air force (RFAF), said, "Mutual understanding was reached in almost all the questions [discussed], and we signed agreements aimed to continue trials of the An-70.
		Russian Defense Ministry specialists will be sent to the Ukraine; a draft joint program is being considered for the work involved in completing An-70 design, development and service introduction.
	www.aviationnow.com /shownews/04farn/top11_2.htm (462 words)

	Russian Federation Air Force (RFAF) Aviatsiya Voyenno (AV)
		Air Forces (VVS) personnel operate all military aircraft except aircraft belonging to the Naval Forces.
		In 1989 the Air Forces were organized into in three combat arms and one supporting branch [the Aviation Engineering Service], composed of air armies consisting of several air divisions.
		Frontal Aviation was the Soviet Union's tactical air force assigned to the military districts and the groups of forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/av.htm (683 words)

	"Organization and Equipment: Priorities for the Russian Air Force"
		By the time the Russian Armed Forces were formed last May, other sovereign states had grabbed a fair amount of military equipment from the FSU, paying no attention to the collective security needs of CIS, the supply and command needs of the forces, the training of officers or the effects on their families.
		The Air Force's objectively distinctive unique combat characteristics [sic] and the high-tech nature of aviation hardware and weaponry determine the leading role of Air Force in increasing the defence capability and combat might of the armed forces of any state.
		The loss of the air defence "cordon sanitaire" of Warsaw Pact territory and the forward airfields located in the Western states of FSU are a bitter blow, as is the retention by the Ukraine of the strategic rocket carriers Tu-160 (Blackjack) and Tu-95MS (Bear).
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/agency/b52.html (5033 words)

	Russian Federation - Amnesty International
		The decision was widely criticized and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation quashed the verdict.
		Milana Ozdoeva, a widow from Kotar Yurt in the Achkhoi-Martan region of the Chechen Republic, was reportedly questioned by a member of the Russian federal forces on 5 and 9 January.
		Excessive force was reportedly used during the inspection, as shots were repeatedly fired in the air and into walls.
	web.amnesty.org /report2005/rus-summary-eng (2943 words)

	Russia's Military Aviation Industry
		One air show reporter opined that the SU-37 shows that the Russian aviation industry “is still alive.” Sukhoy’s new aircraft is convincing reaffirmation of the world-class and, in some areas, unique capabilities of Russia’s military aviation industry.
		The evidence now suggests that Russia’s federal government and senior military leadership are not blind to the problems of the military-industrial complex as a whole and have outlined a policy for preserving its high-tech components through the country’s economic crisis.
		RFAF commander Deynekin, other senior officers of the air force, Air Defense Aviation, and Naval Aviation participated, as well as leaders of the aviation industry and representatives of the State Committee of Defense Industry.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj97/sum97/johnson.html (5745 words)

	Russia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Russia is a federated state with, in theory, widespread devolution to its regions.
		Russian national flags normally used in Russia range from the lightest to the darkest shade (like from argentine blue to british blue), even if in russian light blue is considered a separate color.
		I seem to recall that the current Russian flag has similar meanings, the white for the White Russians, the blue for the Ukrainians and the red for the Russians of what is now Russia.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ru.html (1398 words)

	Russia To Create Warplane 'Competitive With the JSF'
		The importance of the agreement lies in the fact that leading Russian designers have coordinated the basic principles of their cooperation, distribution of duties and responsibilities associated with their participation in a major corporate program of nationwide significance.
		In 2011-2012 it will begin to be supplied to the Russian Air Force arsenal and will emerge onto the world aircraft market -- simultaneously with the appearance of the American JSF there.
		In April 2001 the requirements for the future aircraft were further specified, and according to Air Force Commander in Chief Anatoliy Kornukov, his department again issued preliminary specifications for it.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/russia/fbis/NewJointFighter.htm (1034 words)

	domain-b.com : USAFE plays host to deputy chief of Russian air force
		Gen Zelin was part of a team of top Russian air force leaders who visited USAFE from March 20 to 23 to discuss cooperative efforts and exchange ideas on interoperability.
		According to a US Air Force communiquÃ©, the tours to Ramstein and Spangdahlem air bases by the Russian team aroused common sentiments on one theme - terrorism.
		"It would be my goal in the future for our respective air forces to fly on our wings together in defense against a common enemy," the general said.
	www.domain-b.com /aero/20070330_host.htm (392 words)

	World Affairs Board - mig 1.44
		The Russian air force is in dire need of modernization and expenditures in such projects, in regards to production of numbers, is none-existent.
		Russian 5th generation will not be in production earlier than 2012-2015....
		Aleksandr Belousov, who also heads the expert council on questions of aviation and cosmonautics, noted that the level of equipping the Russian air force is causing anxiety against the background of RSK MiG’s successful activity in the area of military and technical cooperation.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /printthread.php?t=510 (1689 words)

	Russian defense industry, Russian air defense, Russian defense minister, Russian ministry of defense, Russian missile ...
		Russian defense industry, Russian air defense, Russian defense minister, Russian ministry of defense, Russian missile defense, Russian defense ministry on RussiansAbroad.com
		The Russian Federation inherited the largest and most productive share of the former Soviet defense industry, employing as many as 9 million workers in 1,125 to 1,500 research, design, and production facilities.
		Those installations are concentrated in particular regions, whose economies tend to be heavily dependent on the industry; in the Republic of Udmurtia, for example, more than two-thirds of workers and industrial capacity were attached to defense in some way in the early 1990s.
	www.russiansabroad.com /russian_history_341.html (120 words)

	Putin's proposal to the Federation Council on sending a Russian Armed Forces military contingent to take part in ...
		The Russian military contingent will be part of the UN peacekeeping forces in the area designated by the UN Security Council for peacekeeping operations in the Republic of Sudan.
		The Russian military contingent will take part in the UN peacekeeping operations for the time period set by the UN Security Council for peacekeeping operations in the Republic of Sudan, that is, until March 24, 2006.
		The financial expenses connected to the Russian military contingent’s participation in the peacekeeping operations will be settled according to the provisions of the Russian Federation’s legislation and will be subsequently reimbursed by the United Nations”.
	www.voltairenet.org /article132939.html (598 words)

	Russia Loses its Military Aviation - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Russian Federation Air Force Commander-in-Chief, Colonel-general Vladimir Mikhailov said at a press conference the other day that only 15 per cent of the government defense order would fall at the Air Force in 2004.
		Russia's Air Force is expected to purchase 50 new Mi-28N shock helicopters by 2010.
		Besides, this year the Air Force is to equip one regiment with modernized Su-27 warplanes (soon, 20 planes of the type will be sent to an enterprise in Komsomolsk-on-Amur for modernization).
	english.pravda.ru /main/18/89/357/11829_aviation.html (1360 words)

	Modern Russian Air Force Patches (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This section covers some of the many service and unit patches that are worn by members of the Russian paratroops and air force.
		Beginning in 1992 patches were made for the air force.
		These were the first patches instituted by the Russian Republic and replaced the Soviet patches that had been worn since 1968.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1991_airpatches.htm (109 words)

	Air Force Museum - Monino, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The museum was formerly known as The Russian Federation Air Force Museum and, prior to that, The USSR Air Force Museum.
		The facilities are largely unimproved and the majority of aircraft are exposed to the harsh Russian weather.
		The museum has long been run by the Russian government and there was no legitimate means of making monetary contributions to the museum at the time I visited.
	www.moninoaviation.com /info.html (292 words)

	Contributions: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004, Russian humanitarian assistance to Indonesia, Press ...
		An air bridge has been established between Russia and Indonesia's Aceh province for the delivery of humanitarian relief and a Russian military field hospital to this area worst hit by the recent natural disaster.
		Officials of the Russian Embassy in Indonesia have been sent to Banda Aceh to assist the arriving Russian medicos and to coordinate actions with local authorities and the representatives of international humanitarian organizations for the speediest deployment of the hospital and provision of urgent medical assistance to those in need.
		The unique air operation is being carried out in accordance with the offer to lend emergency humanitarian relief to the victims in Indonesia from Russia, expressed by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a telephone conversation on January 5.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/HMYT-68KSGU?OpenDocument (283 words)

	Asia Pacific Defense Forum Fall 1997
		This was the fourth time military units from these three nations had gathered to coordinate their capabilities to conduct search and rescue operations in the Arctic region, an area common to all three countries.
		In an actual air disaster, response time could mean the difference between life and death for crash victims.
		Key exercise objectives included evaluating and improving participants' search and rescue procedures, and promoting interoperability between peacetime search and rescue forces of Canada, Russia, and the U.S. The exercise emphasized increased cooperation and joint training in command and control of rescue forces, pararescue drops, medical treatment, recovery of survivors, and deployment of pararescue teams.
	www.pacom.mil /forum/fall_97/Sarex96_r.html (906 words)

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