Russian Tactical Aviation Since 2001: Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov

[FighterJock]

Just found this book on Amazon by Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov, it says on Amazon that it won't be out until the 15 May 2017.

Here is the link below.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Tactical-Aviation-Since-2001/dp/190210952X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1475517505&sr=8-7&keywords=yefim+gordon

 

[Joint Soviet Fighter]

Any idea if overall Russian tactics are/were documented/examined, or is the book mostly dedicated to the aircraft?

 

[FighterJock]

It is mainly about the aircraft and the organisation of Russian tactical aviation. A good read if you can find one now.

 

[Joint Soviet Fighter]

It is mainly about the aircraft and the organisation of Russian tactical aviation. A good read if you can find one now.

Thanks . I'd have to find the video, but what arguably really hurt them purely from a technological standpoint was the decision to scrap all single-engine aircraft, including their most advanced version of The Mig-27 with the tv & electro-optical targeting system. The USSR had just fallen, so, okay, fine, get rid of the planes, but why not save arguably the most important part of the aircraft & put the avionics in storage until there was sufficient money to be able to install that technology on their Su-25s down the road? I mean, they only made 8 Su-25s with similar targeting ability, but, if Wiki is right, there were 200 MiG-27Ks produced, so...yikes.