We take a look at the ten fastest planes ever flown. Though some uncrewed aircraft (like the X-43) have flown faster, they ...

Despite being the world’s largest air force, the Soviet Air Force (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily or VVS) was caught on the back foot ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: the Navy took a backseat to Red Army (and Air Force) ambitions. This was a strategic dilemma that the Soviets had inherited from the tsars and that persisted until ...

On January 8, 1948, the Lavochkin La-15 made its first flight, becoming one of the Soviet Union's earliest jet fighters and a ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. A former Soviet aircraft carrier burned in a ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: For Moscow’s navy, the failure of the Ulyanovsk project is one of the biggest, baddest memories of them all. Had she ever sailed, the Soviet supercarrier Ulyanovsk would ...

The Myasishchev M-55 ‘Mystic-B' high-altitude aircraft may be returned to service by Russia to fill an ISTAR gap over Ukraine. (Janes/Paul Jackson) Russia may be about to return to service its Soviet ...

(CNN) — A former Soviet aircraft carrier burned in a waterway near Shanghai over the weekend, the latest setback for the decommissioned warship since its conversion into a Chinese tourist attraction.