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Mikoyan MiG-23M side view


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Mikoyan MiG-23M

35th Fighter Regiment. Mikoyan MiG-23M «04 Red» (c/n 0390206255) manufactured in June 1975. In March 1978 the aircraft was still in air superiority grey camouflage

Mikoyan MiG-3 side view


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Mikoyan MiG-3

This 148th IAP (Fighter Regiment)/1st Sqn Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-3 inscribed Za Rodinu! (For Motherland!) took part in the Khar’kov offensive in May 1942. The serial, if there was one, is not known

Yakovlev Yak-1b side view


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Yakovlev Yak-1b

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 side view


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Yakovlev Yak-1b

Yakovlev Yak-1b «17 Red». Normandie Squadron, Ivanovo, January 1943. The prop spinner can also be painted black

Mil’ Mi-8PS side view


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Mil' Mi-8PS

Mil’ Mi-8PS «50 Red» VIP-helicopter (Salon) of the 830th Independent Helicopter Regiment

Mil’ Mi-8MTV-2 side view


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Mil’ Mi-8MTV-2

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


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