The Kiev-class carrier — the Baku — survived the scrap heap as ... could hold up to 22 Yak-38 "Forger" jets, the only VTOL aircraft in the Soviet arsenal. However, since they took on anti ...

A former Soviet aircraft carrier burned in a waterway near Shanghai ... Of the four Kiev-class carriers the Soviets built, ...

A combat aircraft of the Armenian Air Force was shot down by Azerbaijani air defense units, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said BAKU, October 24. /TASS/. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry ...

TASS/. Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) company has suspended all flights between Baku and Kazan for an indefinite time due to security issues, the press service of the air carrier said in a statement.

It said in a statement that the flights will be suspended “following the preliminary results of the investigation into the crash of the Embraer 190 aircraft operating flight J2-8243 from Baku to ...

Azerbaijan began a national day of mourning Thursday after a passenger jet from the flag carrier crashed in western Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 of the 67 people onboard.