Yakovlev Yak-1b — the very first of the gift Yak-1b aircraft (No. 34104). It was given to Hero of the Soviet Union Maj. V.I. Shishkin, officer commanding the 291st IAP (other sources state it was the 581st IAP). Its side number remains unknown, though most probably it existed
Yakovlev Yak-1b «17 Red». Normandie Squadron, Ivanovo, January 1943. The prop spinner can also be painted black
Mil’ Mi-8PS «50 Red» VIP-helicopter (Salon) of the 830th Independent Helicopter Regiment
Mil’ Mi-8MTV-2 «43» based at Vladikavkaz in the autumn of 2001. The helicopter wore standard but extremely faded and sun-bleached camouflage (referred to as «belyy bort» — «white aircraft» — in slang); Russian flags were worn on both flight deck armour shields
Mil’ Mi-8MT «28» of the Joint Air Group. Note the owl badge of the Independent Helicopter Squadron on the port armour shield; the card in the pilot’s blister window bore the taxicab chequerboard and the inscription «Grozny-City, No free rides»
Polikarpov S-1 CCCP-K49 light ambulance aircraft, version of the U-2