The Soviet Union designed the Beriev Be-12 seaplane in the late 1950s to hunt NATO submarines. But improving enemy air defenses doomed the slow, ungainly amphibian in that role, so it switched to ...

The latest attack against the Russian Be-12 Chayka seaplanes further underscores Ukraine’s commitment to a free Crimea. The Ukrainian intelligence service has struck again, using suicide drones to ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The rebels also took a toll on Ukraine’s air force, army aviation and naval air arm. The Soviet Union designed the Beriev Be-12 seaplane in the late 1950s to hunt ...