<p><span>This comprehensive examination of Soviet air power analyzes the three branches of the USSR Military Air Forces & Frontal Aviation, Long-Range Aviation, and Military Air Transport and Naval Aviation and the National Air Defense, emphasizing World War II and postwar developments.</span></
Soviet Air Power
β Scribed by Bill Sweetman
- Publisher
- Book Sales
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 194
- Edition
- 0
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Book by Sweetman, Bill
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Russiaβs top guns is a comprehensive surveyof the most important aircraft in service with the soviet armed forces. Over 40 aircraft are featured. The range of Sukhoi fighter and attack aircraft is covered, as are the MIGs, all the way from the MIG-15, still in use on training duties, right through t
At the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s the Soviet Union possessed some 12,000 aircraft, making it the largest air force of all the protagonists. By the 1990s this had declined to around 8,000, the reduction largely reflecting the increase in aircraft capability. As well as fighters and bombers, th