Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear

Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear

CountrySoviet Union
RoleStrategic bomber
First flight12 November 1952
Built500+

Photo gallery of a Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear, The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: “Bear”) is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Soviet Union in 1956 and is expected to serve the Russian Air Force until at least 2040.[1] A development of the bomber for maritime patrol is designated Tu-142, while a passenger airliner derivative was called Tu-114.

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Sukhoi Su-24М Fencer

Sukhoi Su-24М Fencer

CountrySoviet Union
TypeAttack aircraft
PhotographerAndrey Visjagin
Description

Album of 80 photos walk-around of a «Sukhoi Su-24М Fencer»

Photo gallery of a Sukhoi Su-24М Fencer, The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its two crew. It was the first of the USSR’s aircraft to carry an integrated digital navigation/attack system.[1] It remains in service with the Russian Air Force, Ukrainian Air Force, and various air forces to which it was exported.

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Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker

Sukhoi Su-35

CountrySoviet Union
TypeMultirole fighter
PhotographerSergey Zhabin
Description

Album of 86 photos walk-around of a «Sukhoi Su-35»

Photo gallery of a Sukhoi Su-35, The Sukhoi Su-35 (Russian: Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) is a designation for two separate, heavily upgraded derivatives of the Su-27 ‘Flanker’ jet plane. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable multirole fighters, designed by Sukhoi and built by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO).

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Polikarpov I-17

Polikarpov I-17

CountrySoviet Union
TypeSingle-seat fighter prototype
First flight1 September 1934
Built3

The Polikarpov I-17 was a Soviet single-seat fighter prototype designed and built by a team headed by Polikarpov at the Central Design Bureau (TsKB). The I-17 was a lightweight single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane. Developed under the design bureau designation TsKB-15 it first flew on 1 September 1934 powered by a 567 kW (760 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12 Ybrs engine. The second prototype designated the TsKB-19 had a revised inward retracting wide-track main landing gear and a Soviet M-100 engine. This second prototype was displayed at the 1936 Salon de l’Aeronautique in Paris. The third prototype designated the TsKB-33 had reduced armament to save weight and a revised engine cooling system, but the further development was abandoned in 1936.

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Myasishchev M-4 Bison

Myasishchev M-4 Bison

CountrySoviet Union
TypeStrategic bomber
First flight20 January 1953
Built91+2

Photo gallery of a M-4 Bison, The Myasishchev M-4 Molot (Russian: Молот (Hammer), USAF/DoD reporting name “Type 37”, NATO reporting name Bison) is a four-engined strategic bomber designed by Vladimir Myasishchev and manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 1950s to provide a Long Range Aviation bomber capable of attacking targets in North America. The Myasishchev design bureau was formed to build such a bomber.

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Mi-4

Mil Mi-4

CountrySoviet Union
TypeTransport helicopter
PhotographerAndrey Zinchuk
DescriptionAlbum of 13 photos walk-around of a «Mil Mi-4»

Photo gallery of a Mil Mi-4, The Mil Mi-4 (USAF/DoD reporting name “Type 36”, NATO reporting name “Hound”) was a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles.

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MiG-3

MiG-3

CountrySoviet Union
TypeInterceptor and fighter aircraft
PhotographerSergey Turchin
Description

Album of 15 photos walk-around of a «MiG-3»

Photo gallery of a MiG-3, The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-3) was a Soviet interceptor and fighter aircraft used during World War II. It was a development of the MiG-1 by the OKO (opytno-konstruktorskij otdel — Experimental Design Department) of Zavod (Factory) No. 1 to remedy problems that had been found during the MiG-1’s development and operations. It replaced the MiG-1 on the production line at Factory No. 1 on 20 December 1940 and was built in large numbers during 1941 before Factory No. 1 was converted to build the Ilyushin Il-2.

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Ka-25PL Hormone

Ka-25PL Hormone

CountrySoviet Union / Russia
TypeAnti-submarine / Multi-purpose shipboard helicopter
First flight26 April 1963
Built460

Photo gallery of a Ka-25PL Hormone, The Kamov Ka-25 (NATO reporting name ‘Hormone’) was a naval helicopter, developed for the Soviet Navy in the USSR from 1958.

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Kamov Ka-50 Hokum

Kamov Ka-50 Hokum

CountrySoviet Union / Russia
TypeAttack helicopter
First flight17 June 198
Built32 & 100+

Photo gallery of a Kamov Ka-50 Hokum, The Kamov Ka-50 “Black Shark” (Russian: Чёрная акула; Chornaya Akula, NATO reporting name: Hokum A) is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. It is currently manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev. It is being used as a heavily armed scout helicopter.

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Zlin XII

Zlin XII

CountryCzechoslovakia
TypeSports aircraft
PhotographerPetr Koliba
Description

Album of 60 photos walk-around of a «Zlin XII»

Photo gallery of a Zlin XII, The Zlín Z-XII was a Czechoslovak twin-seat sports aircraft and the first major design success by the Zlínská Letecká Akciová Společnost (Zlín) aircraft manufacturing company after its founding in Otrokovice after the takeover by the Bata Group.

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