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
Мар 30, 2009 | 12 комментариев »
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
Мар 30, 2009 | 13 комментариев »
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
Мар 29, 2009 | 6 комментариев »
Yakovlev Yak-1b «17 Red». Normandie Squadron, Ivanovo, January 1943. The prop spinner can also be painted black
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Mil’ Mi-8PS «50 Red» VIP-helicopter (Salon) of the 830th Independent Helicopter Regiment
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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
Мар 29, 2009 | 10 комментариев »