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Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Russian Air Force is expecting to put into service the new fifth-generation fighter jet in 2013, the Air Force commander Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said on Monday following the test flight of a new type of fighter jet. "We will begin test flights (of the new fighter) in 2009, and hope to receive the aircraft in 2013," RIA Novosti news agency quoted Zelin as saying. The new fighter...
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Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | yesterday
Russia’s new Su-35 Flanker multirole fighter aircraft completed its first demonstration flight on Monday. In six-minute flight, it performed a number of maneuvers. Chief of Air Force Colonel General Alexander Zelin attended the event. The Su-35 prototype made its maiden flight on February 18. “We have a large number of orders for this aircraft. Deliveries will be made both for the Russian...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Russian Air Force may receive fifth-generation fighter in 201307/07/2008 16:18 ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow Region), July 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is expecting a new fifth-generation fighter to enter service in 2013, the Air Force commander said on Monday. "We will begin test flights [of the new fighter] in 2009, and hope to receive the aircraft in 2013," Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said. The new...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... would enter service with the Russian Air Force in two to three years. Russia's Air Force commander Alexander Zelin said that Russian Air Force regiments could receive the new aircraft. "We plan to train two to three regiments to fly the Su-35 aircraft," he said. The Su-35, powered by two AL-37F engines, combines high maneuverability and the capability to effectively engage several...
