Sukhoi Jets -- Fitter To Flanker    by peter dancey 
Price: $2.99 USD. 13970 words. Published on August 13, 2010. .
Pavel Sukhoi was a pioneer in the Soviet jet aircraft field post-WW II. Many of his designs entering service during the 'Cold War' with front-line VVS and PVO units. Many were exported. From Fitter to Flanker -- the latter as yet unproven in aerial combat unlike most of the West's front-line types.Su-7 to Su-27 all are detailed as well as combat proving of the Su-25 in afghanistan and ther 'ops'

Cold War Red Stars in East Germany    by peter dancey 
Price: $2.99 USD. 1980 words. Published on April 12, 2011. .
During the 'Cold War' the Soviets based their 16th Air Force in East Germany and until the collapse of the USSR in 1991 had several thousand fixed and rotary-winged airplanes based on East German soil. When the Berlin Wall came down the Germans wanted the Soviets to leave and they did eventually but not without cost Read about the occupation and the withdrawal and a typical day on a Soviet base.