During one of the bloodiest phases of the Eastern Front, Soviet pilot S. Kuzniecov limped home in his battered Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik after being mauled by German fighters. Smoke poured from the ...

In one of the most audacious intelligence coups of the war, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot has defected to Ukraine, surrendering his advanced aircraft in a secret operation orchestrated by Ukrainian ...