So much of the western understanding of the capabilities of the Soviet Air Force before the fall of the Berlin Wall resulted from hyperbole and word-of-mouth hype-ups resulting from a deliberate ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Yak-141 Freestyle may not technically count as a predecessor to the F-35, but the JSF does seem to have at least some Russian DNA floating around its engine design.

The Yak-141 used a rotating rear nozzle and two dedicated lift engines to combine supersonic flight with vertical takeoff and landing. It set 12 records, carried advanced missiles, used composite ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: After the Cold War, Russian aerospace firms wanted money, and American aerospace firms wanted Russian defense know-how. One thing led to another, and the F-35’s ...