Russia built it first. Then the U.S. quietly made it better. The Yak-141 was a revolutionary vertical takeoff jet—and when the Cold War ended, its tech didn’t stay in Russia. This is the story ...

To this day, only a handful of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) combat aircraft have ever been successfully ... saw some combat service in the Russian Afghanistan campaign, the Yak-38 never ...

Russian aircraft, particularly the MiG-29 and MiG-35, are renowned for incredible vertical climb capabilities, which set them apart from most modern fighter jets. This feature showcases advanced ...

(Russian Aircraft Dominate the world’s fighter jets in vertical climb capabilities ... allowing it to take off from shorter runways. It has earned the nickname of “Cheburashka” in Russia ...

Initially Russia wanted to use vertical takeoff warplanes like the Harrier or F-35B vertical takeoff aircraft. Russia was unable to create aircraft similar to the British Harrier and American F-35 and ...

Russia's sole aircraft carrier ... The Soviets had seen the advantages in the vertical/short-takeoff-and-landing design, or V/STOL, used by Britain's Hawker Siddeley Kestrel — the precursor ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine and President ... which is developing eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft mainly for air-taxi operations. The startup has more than 1,500 preorders ...