Wings of Russia: Naval Aviation. In Fleet's Service. (Episode 16 of 18)

Naval drills in 70s. Hundreds of ships, thousands flying vehicles of Naval Aviation. Place of action - seas and oceans. Amphibians conduct reconnaissance. Antisubmarine planes and helicopters bring aboard
equipment for location and destruction of submarines.
Missile carriers work from shores. They can destroy an aircraft carrier of potential enemy... And very soon deck fighters will be introduced in service.
Following aircrafts are featuring in this film: IL-2, IL-4, Kittyhawk, Aerocobra, Catalina, Boston, Tu-2, MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-19, IL-28, Tu-14, Tu-91, Tu-4, Tu-16, Tu-22, Be-12, IL-38, Tu-95RC, Tu-142, Tu-22M, Yak-36, Yak-38, Yak-141, MiG-29K, SU-33, SU-27UTG, SU-25UTG.

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This is a documentary of "Wings of Russia" studio about history of development of Russian Aviation. It contains a lot of unique video footage. The documentary speaks about creation and development of fighters, bombers, helicopters, reconnaissance planes, hydro-planes, planes of civilian Aviation and also about sport and training Aviation, in the USSR and Russia.

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Science & Technology

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• Russian
• military
• army
• aviation
• Air
• Force
• AF
• Navy
• fleet
• history
• docymentary
• forces
• russia
• soldiers
• flying
• moscow
• plane
• jet
• airplane
• aircraft

[MrFaraz14]

amazing how the YAK 141's air frame is comparable to the F-35

FUCKING COPYCATS

[BitnikGr]

@MrFaraz14 Comparable airframe doesn't mean stolen design. Aerodynamics are same for everyone and for same and very specific purpose two designers will design identical airframe from the scratch. Take a look at Formula 1 racing cars...

Besides that I wouldn't even say that YAK-141 reminds F-35. Very different shapes, easily recognizable.

[barron8006]

Thank you for the translation. How do Russian military hobbists view the past Soviet equipment, as that still is the bulk of equipment in the Russian military? I've heard that 70 percent of ex-Soviet people thought the Soviet Union was a better place to live but only 7 percent want it to come back. Can you explain such a differential of opinion?

[BitnikGr]

@barron8006 ...

"I've heard that 70 percent of ex-Soviet people thought the Soviet Union was a better place to live"

Do you have a source of this survey? They counted all ex-Soviet people from 15 CIS countries or only Russians? Taking in mind more poor conditions in most of CIS countries, less development and less security compared to Russia... add ideology to this and then maybe indeed many of them would consider the USSR as better place to live.

[BitnikGr]

@barron8006 ...

"but only 7 percent want it to come back."

Despite poor economy or security issues people want to feel themselves citizens of their own country and not becoming a part of another multi-republic country again. They want their national independence and not political rule from Moscow expanded to their non-russian countries. People today are OK with economical and even military integration, but not with loosing political and national independence again.

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[BitnikGr]

@barron8006 ...

I think Putin was asked a similar question once about his feelings about USSR and if he wants it to come back. His answer was "Those who don't feel nostalgia about times of the USSR, they don't have a heart. Those who want USSR back, they don't have brains."

[q1lion]

Fantastic documentaries specially without the American National Geographic Propaganda.

[Antifaith29]

@MrFaraz14 You do realise the yak 141 was a concept long before the f35 ever came into existence, right? If anything the way the vtol works in this aircraft was coppied by the americans.

[dvamateur]

Fantastic documentary series. Nonetheless, I feel quite a big guilty watching all these for free. I mean, someone put in a lot of work to compile these documentaries.  I am not sure if it came out on DVD's or VHS. Or maybe these were already broadcast on TV, and TV paid the producers the money, so now maybe it is public domain?

[jmeadlo]

Great Doc. Thanks 4 sharing.

[BitnikGr]

@barron8006 Firstly, it is not my translation. It's original translation and narration of "Wings of Russia" studio. I am just an uploader here. I don't want to take credits for other's job.

If we search through the entire nomenclature of modern Russian military equipment we will probably find very few projects, which started after 1991 and are not based in any way on former Soviet equipment.

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