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Venezuelan Su-30MK2 video

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Smotr report about Venezuelan Su-30MK2 - diplomacy, arrival, assembling process, first demo flights. Some views of Venezuelan Air Forces (with brand new Mi-35M).
Exclusive material, Aviapedia visitors may see it before it will go on NTV in Russia.
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Beriev A-40 Albatros video

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Smotr program about the largest amphibian plane in the world Beriev A-40. First time this plane took off in 1986 and since then beat up 148 world records. In this program you will find some historical footage (including some Be-12 views) and A-40 demo flight on Gidroaviasalon-2006 in Gelendzhik. This plane is also known as Be-42.
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Russian Air Force fleet will be renovated by 2020

Air Forces Commander-In-Chief Vladimir Mikhailov has announced that all the Russian Air Force fleet will be totally renovated by the 2020.

“By 2020 all our fleet will be replaced with new one by each branch of aviation. Every branch of Russian Air Forces has up to 200 aircrafts” said Vladimir Mikhailov.
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Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation introduce J-10

China’s Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation had officially introduced their new production recently, the J-10.
The J-10 is known to be a milestone or even a Great Leap Forward in China’s aviation industry.
The J-10 is an all whether operational fighter which has been catergorized to 3rd generation, with 11 hardpoints for 4500kg of weapon loading weight, fuel tanks and ECM equipment, it is capable of carrying both the Chinese and Russian weaponry, including the Chinese PL-8,PL-11,PL-12,Russian R-73,R-77 and other anti-ship and anti-radiation missiles.
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Mig-35 video - first official presentation

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Looks to be the first Mig-35 video in the world Small report about Russian Minister of Defence Sergey Ivanov’s visit to Lukhovitsky Machine Building Plant “MAPO-MIG”. Mig-35 presentation was preacted by Mig-29OVT aerobatic flight of tes-pilot Pavel Vlasov, the Hero of Russia. Excellent view of Sergey Ivanov in the cockpit of Mig-35 and Pavel Vlasov explaining him technical details.
This video includes small report about Kolomenskoe military academy.

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Mig-35 first official demonstration

Photo by Sergey Kuznetsov

On the 6 of February new Russian multifunctional fighter MiG-35 will be presented to the Indian Air Forces, right before the “Air India 2007″ international aerospace and defence exhibition in Bangalore. Today it was announced by the “MiG” Russian Aircraft Corporation.

On the opening at 7th of February exhibition in Bangalore MiG corporation is planning to demonstrate not only MiG-35 but navy fighter MiG-29KUB as well, which was created by the India NAVY request.

Russian press will see both fighters on the 22 of January on the territory of Flight Research Institute named after M.M. Gromov, Moscow.
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Tornado’s 25th anniversary!

On January 6th 1982, Royal Air Force’s IX Squadron (the based at RAF Honington in Suffolk) got its first Panavia Tornado Gr1 variable-wing attack plane into service. This was the beginning for the 220 Tornados to enter service with the RAF.

The Tornado was produced in joint-venture in the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. When it eventually entered service it replaced a variety of other types like the Blackburn Buccaneer and Vulcan in RAF as low-level attack planes.

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