Soviet Air Power of the Cold War

Soviet Air Power of the Cold War
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English | April 6, 2023 | ISBN-10: 1399085409 | ISBN-13: 9781399085403 | 224 Pages | EPUB | 79.4 MB

At the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s the Soviet Union possessed some 12,000 aircraft, making it the largest air force of all the protagonists. By the 1990s this had declined to around 8,000, the reduction largely reflecting the increase in aircraft capability.

As well as fighters and bombers, the Soviet inventory included trainers, transports, seaplanes, electronic warfare and ground attack aircraft, as well as an impressive helicopter fleet, notably the Mi-24 ‘Hind’ gunship and the massive Homer transport.