Victory Day - Moscow - Russian Air Force

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Victory Day - Moscow - Russian Air Force

Postby ftldave » Sat May 09, 2015 8:34 pm

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Today a Tu-160 Blackjack bomber led the Russian Air Force's grand finale at Moscow's Victory Day Parade. You can see the entire parade on Youtube - search for Live Victory Day Parade 2015 to find RT's video, with aircraft appearing just past one hour after the parade's start.

Live coverage of the event had video from many Victory Day Parades throughout Russia, including Navy flotilla displays at Sevastopol in the Crimea and at Vladivostok, and downtown parades in Tyumen, Khabarovsk, and Saint Petersburg. Restored WW2 vehicles and troops wearing WW2 uniforms marched as some of the first units at the major parades.

I think all of the major Russian aircraft participated: Tu-160, Tu-95, Tu-22M, Mig-29, An-125, Il-76, Su-24, Su-25 and lots of Su-29 variants, plus helicopters, too. Many of the big planes flew in simulated air-to-air refueling formations over Red Square.

It was the first year the Russians used drones for aerial camera shots over Red Square, and the first Tu-160 had a camera in its cockpit, in front of the pilot's seat.

Putin's speech had the expected comparison of Nazi aggression to the Ukrainian conflict. Noticeable, too, that Serbia was the one and only European country that sent representatives, as did China, India, both Koreas, and just a handful of post-Soviet states, those most closely allied with Russia.

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