About This File
This pack is mostly intended to complement other works (campaigns) that YOU modder would like to design, involving the post-Cold War Russian Air Force as a flyable belligerent. Like my recent Medals Pack for Modern Ukraine, it allows campaign modders to explore both sides of local conflicts in the Black Sea / Sea of azov areas (using PFunk’s Black Sea 2.0a map). But it could also be used in modern what-if campaigns designed on many other maps bordering the Russian Federation (North Cape, Kamchatka, Korea/Manchuria...). And the recent involvement of President Putin's pilots in Syria (October 2015) gives new opportunities of campaigns where this pack could prove useful.
The complete list of your available decorations is displayed here. Two panels have actually been designed, one for the Russian Federation before 2010 and one thereafter. While my work focuses on Russia’s conspicuous second wind in the 2010s, it seemed important to reflect the changes that happened on that year: not only did the Russian Air Force’s aircraft begin to display a new design for its insignias (the three-coloured star, see below), but also the Russian system of awards underwent large reforms in September 2010, with design and/or purpose of several orders and medals completely modified.
Russian Federation Air Force
Gold Star of Hero of the Russian Federation (2 possible awards)
Order of St. George (4th Class)
[available only in the post-2010 pack]
Order For Merit to the Fatherland
(3rd & 4th Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)
Order of Alexander Nevskiy
[design and purpose completely reformed in 2010]
Order of Zhukov
Order of Suvorov
[3rd Class before 2010, single Class new design thereafter]
Order of Kutuzov
[3rd Class before 2010, single Class new design thereafter]
Order of Courage (multiple awards possible)
Order For Military Merit
Cross of St. George (4 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)
Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland
(2 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)
Medal For Bravery (multiple awards possible)
Medal of Zhukov (2 possible awards, available only in the post-2010 pack)
Medal of Nesterov (multiple awards possible)
Medal For Distinction in Combat
[Ministry of Defense, available only in the post-2010 pack]
Medal For Military Valor (2 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)
[Ministry of Defense, available only in the post-2010 pack]
Pilot's qualification wings (4 Classes, each one awarded only once in turn)