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Otis, Jr Hays The Alaska-Siberia Connection: The World War II Air Route (Texas A & M University Military History Series, 48) Learn how U.S. aircraft were shipped to Russia to fight the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War from someone who was there!
Dmitriy Loza Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39S, and the Air War Against Germany (Modern War Studies) An unstable airplane disliked by U.S. pilots, the P-39 became the favorite of many Russian airmen during the war.
U.S. State Department Aviation, air traffic control : memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, signed at Washington June 17, 1992 (SuDoc S 9.10:11477)
U.S. State Department Aviation, airworthiness : memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, signed at Moscow June 30, 1995 (SuDoc S 9.10:12673)
I. P. Lebedev Aviation Lend Lease to Russia: Historical Observations Lend-lease not only brought Russia badly needed airplanes, but it provided them a valuable technology resource.
John Weal Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front An account of the German aces on the Eastern Front. Many scored 200 victories or more. Was their job an easy one or not? Read it here.
Christer Bergstrom, Andrey Mikhailov Black Cross/Red Star : Vol. 1, Operation Barbarossa 1941 Hitler's betrayal and invasion of Russia led to one of the least known chapters in the WWII's history. The research by the authors attempts to shed new light on that phase of the war.
Hillel Ben-Yosef Cut & Assemble the World's Greatest Airplanes - Mig-21 MF Cut & Assemble the World's Greatest Airplanes.
Anne Noggle, Christine A. White (Introduction) A Dance With Death : Soviet Airwomen in World War II
Yefim Gordon Early Soviet Jet Bombers (Red Star)
Bill Gunston The Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995
Marilyn J. Young, Michael K. Launer Flights of Fancy, Flights of Doom: Kal 007 and Soviet-American Rhetoric Still controversial to this day. Was there a plot? Was KAL007 on a spy mission? Or was it all a major mistake? This book attempts to sort out the propaganda that arose after the shoot-down.
John Weal Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front The companion volume to Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front, above.
Aleksandr Zuyev Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire The former Soviet pilot discusses his life in the former Soviet air force, his defection, and the last days of the Soviet Union. His story about the three pilots who sit on a tack in the cockpit is especially enlightening. (Zuyev and an American pilot were killed in the crash of a stunt plane in 2001.)
Manfred Griehl German Bombers over Russia Loaded with photos, this book provides insight into the early day's of the Nazi invasion of Russia, which began "The Great Patriotic War."
B. Korolkov, V. Kazashvili A Guide to the Russian Federation Air Force Museum at Monino (Schiffer Military/Aviation History) Once described as the second best aviation museum in the world, Monino was for many years closed to the general public. There are airplanes here that exist in no other museum or collection in the world.
The History of The MIG / Istoriya MiGa (VHS Video)
History of Russian Aviation / Istoriya Russkoi Aviatsii (VHS Video)
K N Finne Igor Sikorsky the Russian Years
Alan Durkata (Illustrator), Tom Darcey, Victor Kuhkov, Alan Durkota, Victor Kulikov The Imperial Russian Air Service Famous Pilots and Aircraft of World War One
Michel Brun, Robert Bononno (Translator) Incident at Sakhalin : The True Mission of Kal Flight 007 Yet another attempt to explain what really happened with KAL Flight 007.
K.J. Cottam (Editor) In the Sky Above the Front: A Collection of Memoirs of Soviet Airwomen Participants in the Great Patriotic War Marina Raskova formed a female flying unit during the war. In addition to flying numerous liaison missions, these women frequently fought alongside the men. The Polikarpov Po-2 biplane was flown by many of them.
Steve Zaloga Inside the Blue Berets : A Combat History of Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, 1930-1995
Jon Lake Jane's How to Fly and Fight in the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum: At the Controls So, you think you could fly a MiG, huh? Here's your chance to read what it's really like to sit in the cockpit and fly the hottest MiG every designed!
Oliver Clubb KAL Flight 007: The Hidden Story Still another attempt to unravel the mystery of the infamous Korean airliner shoot-down.
R. A. Beliakov, J. Marmain (Contributor), R. A. Belyakov MiG : Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design Belyakov became the lead designer of the MiG design bureau after Mikoyan's death. Who better to tell the story of the MiG Bureau? Loaded with photos never seen anywhere before publication of this volume.
Bill Gunston, Yefim Gordon MiG Aircraft Since 1937 (Putnam Aviation Series) Every MiG ever designed from the respected Putnam series of books. Loaded with photos, as most of Gunston's books are.
Kum-Sok No, J. Roger Osterholm A MiG-15 to Freedom : Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector Who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet to the Americans in 1953 The U.S. government paid big bucks to get its hands on a MiG-15. Read this book for the first-hand account of the pilot who brought it south.
Hans-Heire Stapfer, Don Greer, Tom Tullis, Joe Sewell (Illustrator) MiG-19 Farmer in Action - Limited availability The "In Action" series is a very nice one. I have most of them and am looking for the rest.
Hans-Heiri Stapfer, Don Greer (Illustrator) MiG 21 Fishbed in Color Especially for model builders, this book is loaded with color drawings of the world's most wide-spread fighter.
Yefim Gordon, Bill Gunston (Contributor) Mig-21 'Fishbed' : The World's Most Widely Used Supersonic Fighter The story of the MiG-21. What more is there to say?
Yefim Gordon MiG-25 'Foxbat' MiG-31 'Foxhound' : Russia's Defensive Front Line Drawings, photos and little-known information about the well-known Foxbat and its derivative, the Foxhound accentuate this soft-cover, glossy volume.
Jay Miller MiG-29 Fulcrum Jay Miller's volume is loaded with photos for the enthusiast.
Alan R. Wies MiG Pilot Survival : Russian Aircrew Survival Equipment and Instruction (Schiffer Military/Aviation History) Learn how Russian pilots can survive in Arctic temperatures when they have to.
MiG vs. America A video. Sorry, no review. I haven't seen it.
Yefim Gordon Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-15: The Soviet Union's Long-Lived Korean War Fighter Read this one immediately after reading the Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector.
Yefim Gordon Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum Gordon interviews Mikoyan design and engineer personnel to reveal the development and operational history of the airplane.
Steven J. Zaloga Modern Soviet Warplanes: Strike Aircraft & Attack Helicopters Loaded with photos for the enthusiast.
Colin W. Prentice Monino : The Russian Air Force Museum A terrific book, loaded with photos!
Yefim Gordon Myasishev M-4 and 3M: The First Soviet Strategic Jet Bomber (Red Star, Vol 11)
Bruce Myles Night Witches : The Untold Story of Soviet Women in Combat
Aleksandr Yakovlev Notes of an Aircraft Designer A recent translation of Yakovlev's autobiography, actually written some years ago.
Vladimir Antonov, Yefim Gordon (Contributor), Nikolai Gordyukov, Vyachaslav Zenkin (Contributor) OKB Sukhoi: A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft Good book. Interesting photos.
Bill Gunston The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft Gunston got it right with this edition: He included an index. This book is loaded with information, photos and or drawings of just about everything ever designed in Mother Russia.
Hans-Heiri Stapfer, Don Greer, Joe Sewell (Illustrator) Polikarpov Fighters in Action (Aircraft Number 157) The first of two volumes, loaded with photos and drawings. Should be purchased along with the title immediately below for full benefit.
Hans-Heiri Stapfer Polikarpov Fighters in Action (Aircraft Number 162) The second of two volumes, loaded with photos and drawings. Should be purchased along with the title immediately above for full benefit.
Yefim Gordon, Keith Dexter Polyikarpov's I-16 Fighter: Its Forerunners and Progeny
RAM-K SU-27 It was nearly 10 years after first flight before the public saw the Su-27 (Flanker) for the first time. With this video, you can see it over and over again. On DVD.
Beau Johnston The Red Hat The Red Hat is a novel. The hero is a 47-year-old 'top gun' jet fighter pilot in the Russian air force.
C F Geust Red Stars 4 - Lend-Lease Aircraft in Russia (Red Stars, Volume 4)
Yefim Gordon Russian Airlines & Their Aircraft
Paul Duffy Russian Airliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft) Paul Duffy is a prolific photographer. Readers will find numerous photos in his book.
Robin D. S. Higham (Editor), John T. Greenwood (Editor), Von Hardesty Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century (Cass Series--Studies in Air Power, 7) Written in the hey-day of Soviet air power, this book discusses the victories of a power that since has fallen on hard times. Will they make a comeback? Read this book and decide.
Robin D. S. Higham (Editor), John T. Greenwood (Editor), Von Hardesty Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century (Cass Series--Studies in Air Power, 7) Hardbound edition of the book above.
Heinz J. Nowarra Russian Fighter Aircraft 1920-1941 (Schiffer Military History) The Russians designed dozens of fighters in the period between the October Revolution and the Great Patriotic War. This book covers those little-known designs.
Georgiy Baidukov Russian Lindbergh: The Life of Valery Chkalov (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series) The author flew with Chkalov in the world's first non-stop flight across the North Pole from Moscow to the United States. Chkalov's name is known by every Russian high school student. How many U.S. students can say that about Lindbergh? I have the Russian-language edition of this book. Recommended!
Piotr Butowski Russian Military Aviation Directory: Strategic Bombers, Maritime Aircraft, Special Operations Aircraft, Trainers, Airborne Weapons, Organization
Marcel De Hass Russian Security and Air Power, 1992-2002
Benjamin S. Lambeth Russia's Air Power in Crisis : A Rand Research Study Smithsonian History of Aviation Series Important book about the problems facing Russia's air forces and aviation industry today.
Curtis Peebles Shadow Flights This book recounts the U-2 flights over the former Soviet Union during the Cold War before Gary Powers was shot down.
Hugh Morgan Soviet Aces of World War II (Aircraft of the Aces, No 15) What do you know about Kozhedub? Do you know who Pokryshkin was? Find out in this book.
Lennart Andersson Soviet Aircraft and Aviation 1917-1941 Another wonderful Putnam volume. Includes chapters on military and civil aviation, aircraft production, and major and minor types of aircraft.
Robert P., Berman Soviet Air Power in Transition An older book (1977) written shortly before things began to fall apart for the Soviet Union, but when their aviation still was strong.
Yefim Gordon, Dmitri Khazanov Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War: Single-Engined Fighters Vol 1 Arranged by designer, here is information about the Lavochkin, Petlyakov and Mikoyan aircraft based on Russian sources.
Yefim Gordon, Dmitri Khazanov Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War: Twin-Engined Fighters, Attack Aircraft and Bombers The companion volume to the one above. Highly recommended for the WWII buff.
Yefim Gordon Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War II
Yefim Gordon Soviet Secret Projects Volume 1: Bombers Since 1945
Michael J. Hirschberg Soviet V/Stol Aircraft : The Struggle for a Shipborne Combat Capability
L. L. Kerber, Von Hardesty (Editor), Paul Mitchell (Translator), Adam Hochschild Stalin's Aviation Gulag : A Memoir of Andrei Tupolev and the Purge Era Smithsonian History of Aviation Series I have heard some controversial details about this book; however, it is in my collection and there is some interesting information in it.
Hans D. Seidl Stalin's Eagles: An Illustrated Study of the Soviet Aces of World War II and Korea (Schiffer Military History) Well illustrated (over 400 photos and drawings), this book contains information about the Soviet aces and their airplanes not available in any other source.
Tomas Polak, Christopher Shores (Contributor) Stalin's Falcons : The Aces of the Red Star: A Tribute to the Notable Fighter Pilots of the Soviet Air Forces 1918-1953 Say what you will about Stalin, his pilots were heroically brave.
Stepan Anastasovich Mikoyan Stepan Anastasovich Mikoyan : Memoirs of Military Test-Flying and Life With the Kremlin's Elite Memoirs of the famous aircraft designer's son, a famous test pilot in his own right.
Yefim Gordon, Dmitriy Komissarov (Translator) Sukhoi S-37 ad Mikoyan MFI: Russian Fifth-Generation Fighter Demonstrators (Aerofax Series) Will these aircraft go into production? Probably not, but there are some beautiful photos of these unique machines.
Yefim Gordon Sukhoi Su-25 (Russian Aircraft in Action)
Yefim Gordon Sukhoi Su-24 (Russian Aircraft in Action)
Igor Kaberov, Peter Rule (Translator) Swastika in the Gunsight : Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45
Yefim Gordon Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-142 (Russian Aircraft in Action)
Bill Gunston Tupolev Aircraft Since 1922 (Putnam Aviation Series) Another excellent Gunston book, well illustrated. Covers all Tupolev aircraft through the early 1990s.
Andrei Kandalov, Paul Duffy Tupolev - The Man and His Aircraft I have not seen this book personally. Amazon includes the full index and sample pages, available by clicking on the title here.
Yefim Gordon, Vladimir Rigmant Tupelov Tu-22 `Blinder' Tu-22m `Backfire': Russia's Long Range Supersonic Bombers Is the Backfire really a modified Blinder? You should learn the answer from this book.
Colin Ballantine Vintage Russian: Props and Jets of the Iron Curtain Photos galore, but short on text, this book is aimed at the enthusiast who also likes to build model aircraft.
Reina Pennington, John Erickson Wings, Women and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat (Modern War Studies) Just published, this is a book about the women who flew combat missions during the Great Patriotic War.
Kazimiera J. Cottam Women in Air War: The Eastern Front of World War II According to one review, this book contains "unprecedented amounts of documentary evidence detailing the scope and importance of the participation of Soviet women in the war."
Yefim Gordon, Dmitriy Khazanov, Sergey Komissarov Yakovlev's Piston-Engined Fighters

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