The Su 25 was engineered as a rugged close air support aircraft, built around heavy armor, redundant systems, separated engines, and field repairability. Its titanium armored cockpit, survivability ...

Key Points - The Soviet/Russian Su-25 "Frogfoot," nicknamed the "flying tank," is a close air support aircraft designed with an emphasis on survivability. -Its rugged construction includes a titanium ...

In the late 1960s, the Soviet security establishment resolved to address its lack of a viable close air support (CAS) aircraft: typically, armored strike fighters that carry out attack missions in ...

Here comes the documented use of an aircraft decoy by the Ukrainian military. On Nov. 30, 2023, an interesting video started circulating online on Russian Telegram channels. The footage shows a Lancet ...

The video posted by the 110th shows two planes flying over a virtual field before the camera switches to a frontal view of a ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Observers have often compared it to the A-10, but that comparison misses some of the nuances of how they are employed. Regardless, the Russian defense ministry plans ...

A Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot strike aircraft upgraded by Israel's Elbit Systems and Georgia's Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM) made its first flight on18 April. Dubbed Scorpion, the upgraded Su-25 has ...