The crash of flight 5143, a Tu-154 on July 10, 1985, remains the deadliest air disaster in Soviet history. Carrying 200 passengers, including 52 children, the aircraft tragically crashed in the ...

The MiG-9 was supposed to be the Soviet Union's answer to enemy bombers, but there was just one major problem—it couldn’t shoot its guns. On August 18, 1946, the Soviet Union unveiled its first jet ...