OKB Sukoi gives for the SU-35 a max speed at sl of Mach 1.14 and Mach 2.35 at altitude.
Under standard day atmospheric conditions it is 753.54 kt or...
The Russians were very realistic about that, because they were intrested in real results from that and it was against both main fighters in their own...
The program for ACM (air combat maneuvering) was developed at Lipetsk since the 60s. Just the advanced aerial combat training exercises were held at...
More myth than reality without the related details. In the former GDR the Russians got trained pilots into their regiments. Each squadron within that...
For Central Europe that was true. A country very similar to that is Israel, where the small size of the country allows it to have up to two training...
I fear their intruments were in km/h and not knots or idiots were flying that, when ignoring known limits of a foreign fighter. The speedindicator of...
When you red that article seriously you will get the impression it was a try and error mission at first and none had a real idea what do. In the 80s...