According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over The Soviet Fighter That Swarmed the Skies in WW2 Skip to main content ...

As for Soviet World War II fighters, planes like the Ilyushin Il-2 "Shturmovik" took center stage, leaving the MiG-3 in relative obscurity.

Meet Russia’s Yak-3 fighter from World War II: During the Second World War, the Yaks proved to be the most important fighter in the Soviet arsenal.Production began on the single-seat aircraft in ...

The United States may have fought an entire front of World War II with aircraft carriers, but the oversized vessels weren't even a thought for the Russia's navy at the time. Rather, it waited ...

The German Luftwaffe destroyed between 1,200 and 2,000 Soviet aircraft on the ground in ... The reported destruction of at least 40 strategic bombers was unmatched in the post–World War II ...