On July 17 1916 Russian aviators won the air fight against Germany. The date is considered the founding day of the Russian Naval Aviation.

The Russian Naval Aviation is the air arm of the Russian Navy. It operates such aircraft as Su-33, MiG-29K, MiG29-KUB fighters some of which are based on the only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. The Naval Aviation also operates Ka-27 helicoprters, Su-24 bombers. On July 15, 2014, a modernised version of the Ilyushin 38N anti-submarine plane was officially delivered to the Russian Navy. All of these in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.