https://tass.com/defense/1392055
VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
George1- Posts : 18495
Points : 18998
Join date : 2011-12-22
Location : Greece
- Post n°701
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
https://tass.com/defense/1392055
Hole and Finty like this post
George1- Posts : 18495
Points : 18998
Join date : 2011-12-22
Location : Greece
- Post n°702
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
GarryB and Finty like this post
caveat emptor- Posts : 1996
Points : 1998
Join date : 2022-02-02
Location : Murrica
- Post n°703
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
https://t.me/istorijaoruzijaZ/4762
The security service of Ukraine has detained the lead designer of the Antonov airline for supporting the special operation of the Russian Federation, the Kyiv prosecutor's office has reported.
LMFS and limb like this post
PapaDragon- Posts : 13456
Points : 13496
Join date : 2015-04-26
Location : Fort Evil, Serbia
- Post n°704
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
caveat emptor wrote:Interesting news. Apparently head designer of Antonov was arrested in Ukraine due to alleged support for SMO
https://t.me/istorijaoruzijaZ/4762
The security service of Ukraine has detained the lead designer of the Antonov airline for supporting the special operation of the Russian Federation, the Kyiv prosecutor's office has reported...
Verbal support or actual support?
Broski likes this post
caveat emptor- Posts : 1996
Points : 1998
Join date : 2022-02-02
Location : Murrica
- Post n°705
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
I looked around and they didn't say. But when everything is over they should bring him over to Russia. There might be more like him.PapaDragon wrote:
Verbal support or actual support?
Isos- Posts : 11587
Points : 11555
Join date : 2015-11-06
- Post n°706
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
PapaDragon wrote:caveat emptor wrote:Interesting news. Apparently head designer of Antonov was arrested in Ukraine due to alleged support for SMO
https://t.me/istorijaoruzijaZ/4762
The security service of Ukraine has detained the lead designer of the Antonov airline for supporting the special operation of the Russian Federation, the Kyiv prosecutor's office has reported...
Verbal support or actual support?
Most likely there a was a russian map in the last used emoticones in its sms app...
Those guys are crazy. They arrest random dudes and try to exchange them for ukrainian POW in Russia.
GarryB, BliTTzZ and Broski like this post
ALAMO- Posts : 7439
Points : 7529
Join date : 2014-11-25
- Post n°707
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
caveat emptor wrote:I looked around and they didn't say. But when everything is over they should bring him over to Russia. There might be more like him.PapaDragon wrote:
Verbal support or actual support?
SBU official is that he asked for Russian citizenship, and expressed the lack of patriotism by other means.
As Isos pointed out, they are running havoc. Kidnapping is already an old story and boring. Now they arrest random guys who might have any potential value to Russia after the war, and deep fry them in treason oil.
Later staging an exchange of the chips for propaganda purposes.
GarryB, PapaDragon, BliTTzZ and Broski like this post
lancelot- Posts : 3120
Points : 3116
Join date : 2020-10-17
- Post n°708
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
Maybe he just does not want to get sent packing to Donbass with an old AK-47 and two clips?
GarryB, GunshipDemocracy and BliTTzZ like this post
ALAMO- Posts : 7439
Points : 7529
Join date : 2014-11-25
- Post n°709
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
What sane country would push a procedure of bailing out conscripted men for $5000 apiece, being in the middle of a war they are losing?
As I have said, nobody who has not observed that with their own eyes would believe in that.
In 30 years, a story about how you could officially bribe yourself out of war will be an urban legend.
People will laugh at that.
But we are witnessing that.
GarryB, franco, PapaDragon, BliTTzZ, LMFS, Hole and Broski like this post
lancelot- Posts : 3120
Points : 3116
Join date : 2020-10-17
- Post n°710
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
ALAMO wrote:It is not about him, but more about the sad reality of 404.
What sane country would push a procedure of bailing out conscripted men for $5000 apiece, being in the middle of a war they are losing?
As I have said, nobody who has not observed that with their own eyes would believe in that.
In 30 years, a story about how you could officially bribe yourself out of war will be an urban legend.
People will laugh at that.
But we are witnessing that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots
Murrica.President Abraham Lincoln diverted several regiments of militia and volunteer troops after the Battle of Gettysburg to control the city. The rioters were overwhelmingly Irish working-class men who did not want to fight in the Civil War and resented that wealthier men, who could afford to pay a $300 (equivalent to $6,600 in 2021) commutation fee to hire a substitute, were spared from the draft.
GarryB, GunshipDemocracy, BliTTzZ and Broski like this post
caveat emptor- Posts : 1996
Points : 1998
Join date : 2022-02-02
Location : Murrica
- Post n°711
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
It happened in Balkans, as well, but there was not an official law. I believe it is a pretty common thing. Rich people rarely go to war.lancelot wrote:ALAMO wrote:It is not about him, but more about the sad reality of 404.
What sane country would push a procedure of bailing out conscripted men for $5000 apiece, being in the middle of a war they are losing?
As I have said, nobody who has not observed that with their own eyes would believe in that.
In 30 years, a story about how you could officially bribe yourself out of war will be an urban legend.
People will laugh at that.
But we are witnessing that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots
Murrica.President Abraham Lincoln diverted several regiments of militia and volunteer troops after the Battle of Gettysburg to control the city. The rioters were overwhelmingly Irish working-class men who did not want to fight in the Civil War and resented that wealthier men, who could afford to pay a $300 (equivalent to $6,600 in 2021) commutation fee to hire a substitute, were spared from the draft.
GarryB, flamming_python, BliTTzZ and Broski like this post
ALAMO- Posts : 7439
Points : 7529
Join date : 2014-11-25
- Post n°712
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
They could pay for hiring someone to substitute him.
A well known and established practice in the middle ages, all over Europe.
But now we are talking about a situation, where one puts a "deposit" and is free to leave the country.
Sure they were doing that till now either, but that was just a bribe and nobody tried to call it a different name.
Now, you can bribe the country - in daylight.
BliTTzZ, Broski and caveat emptor like this post
GunshipDemocracy- Posts : 6162
Points : 6182
Join date : 2015-05-17
Location : fishin on Stalin´s Strait between Mexico and Canada
- Post n°713
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
ALAMO wrote:THat is a different thing folks.
They could pay for hiring someone to substitute him.
A well known and established practice in the middle ages, all over Europe.
But now we are talking about a situation, where one puts a "deposit" and is free to leave the country.
Sure they were doing that till now either, but that was just a bribe and nobody tried to call it a different name.
Now, you can bribe the country - in daylight.
a financial fine means its legal at a price you know
BliTTzZ likes this post
ALAMO- Posts : 7439
Points : 7529
Join date : 2014-11-25
- Post n°714
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
In the middle of a war losing.
The only thing regime cares about is cash flow.
GarryB and BliTTzZ like this post
franco- Posts : 7032
Points : 7058
Join date : 2010-08-18
- Post n°715
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
This reform in the domestic Air Force has been expected for more than a decade. And now in Russia, work is underway on the mass construction of special shelters for military aircraft.
The start of this program was announced in the spring of last year personally by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu.
The fact that close attention has been paid to the problem at the highest level speaks of the urgent need to solve it. According to the plans of the Russian defense department, it was planned to build at least 300 air shelters. First of all, they will be used to store the latest fifth-generation aircraft created by domestic aircraft manufacturers.
The need for such facilities for our airborne forces has been demonstrated by the Syrian experience. He showed that aircraft must be protected from enemy attack not only in the air, but also on the ground. The Islamists have repeatedly attacked the Russian air base Khmeimim in Syria with the help of drones and even fired at them with mortars.
In the open air, one ammunition with its fragments is capable of hitting several aircraft at once. If they are covered, then the enemy will have to try hard to damage each piece of equipment.
But shelters are needed not only to protect against enemy ammunition, but also from adverse weather conditions. Being under a roof, expensive equipment will be less exposed to the vagaries of the weather and will last longer. And the technical staff will work with it easier and more convenient.
The construction details of such structures are not a military secret, as they were developed back in the 60s of the last century. These are reinforced concrete shelters of arched type. They consist of semi-arches with walls up to 60 cm thick and have metal gates. Outside, the structure is covered with earth and masked with turf, or even planting trees.
https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/200400-v-rossii-vedutsja-raboty-po-massovomu-stroitelstvu-specukrytij-dlja-voennyh-samoletov.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
GarryB, George1, zepia, GunshipDemocracy, BliTTzZ, LMFS and Broski like this post
limb- Posts : 1550
Points : 1576
Join date : 2020-09-17
- Post n°716
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
franco wrote:In Russia, work is underway on the mass construction of special shelters for military aircraft
This reform in the domestic Air Force has been expected for more than a decade. And now in Russia, work is underway on the mass construction of special shelters for military aircraft.
The start of this program was announced in the spring of last year personally by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu.
The fact that close attention has been paid to the problem at the highest level speaks of the urgent need to solve it. According to the plans of the Russian defense department, it was planned to build at least 300 air shelters. First of all, they will be used to store the latest fifth-generation aircraft created by domestic aircraft manufacturers.
The need for such facilities for our airborne forces has been demonstrated by the Syrian experience. He showed that aircraft must be protected from enemy attack not only in the air, but also on the ground. The Islamists have repeatedly attacked the Russian air base Khmeimim in Syria with the help of drones and even fired at them with mortars.
In the open air, one ammunition with its fragments is capable of hitting several aircraft at once. If they are covered, then the enemy will have to try hard to damage each piece of equipment.
But shelters are needed not only to protect against enemy ammunition, but also from adverse weather conditions. Being under a roof, expensive equipment will be less exposed to the vagaries of the weather and will last longer. And the technical staff will work with it easier and more convenient.
The construction details of such structures are not a military secret, as they were developed back in the 60s of the last century. These are reinforced concrete shelters of arched type. They consist of semi-arches with walls up to 60 cm thick and have metal gates. Outside, the structure is covered with earth and masked with turf, or even planting trees.
https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/200400-v-rossii-vedutsja-raboty-po-massovomu-stroitelstvu-specukrytij-dlja-voennyh-samoletov.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
Why did it take them 80+ years to reach this conclusion?
owais.usmani likes this post
GarryB- Posts : 40436
Points : 40936
Join date : 2010-03-30
Location : New Zealand
- Post n°717
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
BliTTzZ- Posts : 34
Points : 36
Join date : 2016-09-07
- Post n°718
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
There are many Soviet reinforced concrete shelters, but most of them were built for 3rd generation aircraft like MiG-23 and others. Latest 4th generation Sukhois and even MiG-29s do not fit there.limb wrote:Why did it take them 80+ years to reach this conclusion?
GarryB likes this post
Hole- Posts : 11097
Points : 11075
Join date : 2018-03-24
Age : 48
Location : Scholzistan
- Post n°719
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
GarryB, kvs, GunshipDemocracy, AMCXXL and LMFS like this post
GarryB- Posts : 40436
Points : 40936
Join date : 2010-03-30
Location : New Zealand
- Post n°720
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
Over the time since then they have totally turned things around and while there are problems that remain they don't include issues like no guided weapons in production, or no thermal imaging or night and all weather sensors available, or no satellite navigation or recon systems operational...
They had to prioritise... and lets face it... losing some Su-24s is not the worst thing that could have happened... if it really was a precision strike with recon and coordinates from HATO it would have been Su-35s and Su-34s and likely Tu-22M3s they would have been going for... in fact if they had that capacity it would have been the main HQ of the Black Sea Fleet and various critical buildings on that peninsula that are a communications hub for the entire Russian fleet.
franco- Posts : 7032
Points : 7058
Join date : 2010-08-18
- Post n°721
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
Putin awarded the 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment the honorary name "Guards"
Russian President Vladimir Putin named the 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment "Guards". This follows from the decree of the head of state, it is published on the portal of legal information.
As follows from the document, the regiment received the honorary name for heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by personnel in combat operations.
The presidential order came into force on November 9.
At the end of July, Putin gave the 488th Motorized Rifle Regiment the honorary title of Guards.
https://tvzvezda-ru.translate.goog/news/20221191353-TvKzl.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui
GarryB, LMFS and Hole like this post
AMCXXL- Posts : 1017
Points : 1017
Join date : 2017-08-08
- Post n°722
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
BliTTzZ wrote:There are many Soviet reinforced concrete shelters, but most of them were built for 3rd generation aircraft like MiG-23 and others. Latest 4th generation Sukhois and even MiG-29s do not fit there.limb wrote:Why did it take them 80+ years to reach this conclusion?
that depends on the base
GarryB, kvs, LMFS, Hole and Belisarius like this post
franco- Posts : 7032
Points : 7058
Join date : 2010-08-18
- Post n°723
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
Putin awarded the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment the honorary name "Guards"
Russian President Vladimir Putin conferred the honorary title "Guards" to the 23rd Tallinn Fighter Aviation Regiment. The text of the decree can be read here .
The honorary title was awarded for mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by the personnel during the hostilities.
Earlier it was reported that Putin expelled Nikolai Svanidze from the Human Rights Council under President Nikolai Svanidze and added Alexander Kots, a military commissar.
https://tvzvezda-ru.translate.goog/news/202211171445-cIESw.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui
GarryB and Hole like this post
Podlodka77- Posts : 2589
Points : 2591
Join date : 2022-01-06
Location : Z
- Post n°724
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
updated December 21, 14:24
Shoigu: Russia needs to create eight bomber aviation regiments and one fighter regiment
According to the Minister of Defense, it is also necessary to form five artillery divisions of military districts and artillery brigades of high power in order to create an artillery reserve in strategic directions.
MOSCOW, 21 December. /TASS/. Russia needs to additionally form a fighter and eight bomber aviation regiments. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the final collegium of the military department with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"For each combined-arms (tank) army, to maintain a mixed aviation division and an army aviation brigade numbering 80-100 combat helicopters. In addition, to additionally form three directorates of aviation divisions, eight bomber aviation regiments, one fighter aviation regiment, six army aviation brigades," - Shoigu said.
According to the minister, it is necessary to form five artillery divisions of military districts and high-capacity artillery brigades in order to create an artillery reserve in strategic directions.
Shoigu also believes that five divisions of the Marine Corps should be formed in the coastal troops of the Russian Navy. "In the coastal troops of the Navy, on the basis of the existing marine brigades, form five divisions of the marine corps," he said.
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/16653571
kvs, zardof, LMFS, Hole and Belisarius like this post
AMCXXL- Posts : 1017
Points : 1017
Join date : 2017-08-08
- Post n°725
Re: VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2
Podlodka77 wrote:
Shoigu: Russia needs to create eight bomber aviation regiments and one fighter regiment
I'm afraid this is just a name change
The helicopter regiments will be brigades (will they add a new transport squadron, maybe Mi-38?)
The fighter regiment will be get from separate the MiG-31 and the Su-24 in Monchegorsk
The Moscow and Leningrad Military Districts will be formed again from West MD, which implies that at least one more figther regiment is needed to accompany the Besovets regiment in Leningrad MD
The mixed regiments will be renamed to bomber regiments (Monchegorsk, Chelyabinsk, Marinovka and Gvardeyskoye), all with 3 squadrons of Su-34
Later the 4 assault regiments (Su-25) will also be replaced by Su-34 bombers, given the use that we have already seen of these aircraft in Ukraine.
Then the new districts will have:
Leningrad MD: 159 IAP (Su-35 and get Su-57), 174 IAP (MiG-31 and get 3ºAE Su-35 from Besovets), 98 BAP (Su-24 to get Su-34). Also Levashovo Transport Regiment and two helicopter regiments in Ostrov and Pushkin)
Moscow MD: 790 IAP as it is, 14 IAP (to get 3AE Su-35), 47 BAP, to get 3AE, also one transport regiment (Kubinka ?) and at least Vyazma helicopter reg
LMFS likes this post