Key Points - The Soviet/Russian Su-25 "Frogfoot," nicknamed the "flying tank," is a close air support aircraft designed with an emphasis on survivability. -Its rugged construction includes a titanium ...

The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) was a grueling counterinsurgency conflict that tested the limits of—and ultimately broke—Soviet military might. Amid the rugged Hindu Kush mountains, where ground ...

A fire was reported at a factory that produces Su-25 ground attack aircraft in Russia's Smolensk region, shortly after Ukraine launched a massive drone strike on Tuesday morning. Newsweek reached out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Russian aircraft. Photo: Ukrainian military media outlet Militarnyi A Su-25 military aircraft has crashed in Russia's Primorsky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A camera placed in the cockpit of a Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot close air support jet recorded the dramatic demise of the ...

The aircraft was on the ground at a Russian airbase in the annexed Crimea region when it was struck by a truck traveling at high speed. Russia has lost more aircraft in its nearly three-year-long war ...