Russia entered the war with far more combat aircraft and every expectation that it would quickly dominate Ukraine’s skies. Instead, its air force faced a problem that looked smaller on paper but proved far more dangerous in practice: Ukraine’s surviving mobile air defenses.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia is increasingly arming a top jet with much longer-range missiles than it used to carry, an airpower analyst assessed. That makes them a much more credible threat to NATO aircraft ...

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese Defense Ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing. Two Russian Tu-95 nuclear-capable strategic ...

A Russian Il-20M surveillance aircraft was intercepted two days in a row by Norwegian F-35s in international airspace around the country while NATO's Exercise Cold Response is ongoing. The Norwegian Armed Forces announced that the Royal Norwegian Air Force's (RNoAF) F-35A Lightning IIs intercepted a Russian Il-20M "Coot" surveillance aircraft operating in international airspace around

The “Buk-M3” air defense platform was a mockup, most likely intended for future training exercises for American pilots.