AWACS aircraft, which was developed in the Antonov Design Bureau in 80 years of the last century. In order to mask the aircraft is civilian markings and livery of Aeroflot those years, but his appointment as an exclusively military.
Full test aircraft's hydraulic systems after repairs. The plane is set to special lifts. At the moment the picture gear retracted, the flaps are released.
Photos from the archives. Scan with a very mediocre negative. One of the very few flights of Tu-160 in Ukraine. In this case, preparation for the flypast at the airfield Chayka, near Kiev.