Viktor Klimov News Today

Viktor Klimov, the commanding officer of a Russian Il-22M airborne command post hit by Ukrainian forces on 14 January, was killed in that attack. Source: Krymsky Veter (Crimean Wind), a local Telegram-based news outlet Details: Russian social media communities reported that Klimov had been killed in the attack.

Russia Couldn’t Have Built the MiG-15 Without Britain’s Help The Soviets knew they had a winner in the MiG-15. Heres What You Need to Remember: The Nene turbojet engine gave the Soviet Union a remarkable leg up in the race to design high-performing jet fighters early in the Cold War. Unlike many short-lived episodes of technological one-upmanship, the baffling British blunder would have battlefield consequences in just a few years. By the end of World War II, it was becoming clear that the...