MOSCOW, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- All three crew members aboard a combat helicopter died Tuesday in a crash in the Volga Federal District, said Russian air force officials.

MOSCOW, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Two pilots of a tactical military bomber safely ejected before their aircraft crashed Friday, a Russian Air Force spokesman said.

CHITA, Russia, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A MiG-29 fighter on a training flight crashed in Russia's Baikal territory, killing a fighter pilot, a military official said Friday.

MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Russian military officials say an alliance of former Soviet states will combine combat aircraft for joint defense exercises.

MOSCOW, July 29 (UPI) -- A Russian pilot died Tuesday when the fighter jet he was flying crashed in the Primorye Territory, a Russian air force spokesman said.

MOSCOW, June 20 (UPI) -- Routine patrols of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans are being carried out by four Russian strategic bombers, a Russian air force spokesman said Friday.

WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Russian President-turned-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has wasted no time in launching the next stage of his drive to restructure and revive the long-troubled Russian defense industry; Russian military ready to defend Northern assets; Bears spread wings over Arctic

MOSCOW, June 11 (UPI) -- Four long-range Russian planes made a successful nine-hour flight Wednesday over the Arctic Ocean, an air force spokesman said.

MOSCOW, June 2 (UPI) -- Russian Air Force officials said Monday they are preparing to carry out more than 200 training sessions with 350 live firing drills.