- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134UBL
- Registration: 20 RED
- Views: 1288
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
The Tu-134UBL is intended to train Bombercrews (Tu-22M3 Backfire and Tu-160 Blackjack)
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Antonov An-72
- Registration: RA-72930 (cn 36572070678/702)
- Views: 1414
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Our Taxy for a part of our Trip - belongs to Voyennaya Transportnaya Aviatsia (VTA). Formed by Russian Ministry of Defence. All a/c operated in Aeroflot c/s. Became the 61st Air Army in 1998.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack
- Registration: / 06 RED (cn 84308216)
- Views: 2357
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Flying around now as RF-94105, 06 RED was one of two Blackjack's named after "Il'ya Muromets" - an epic hero of russia. Picture was taken at a time when the Russian Air Force experimented with different new insignias, like the double eagle on the tail.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack
- Registration: / 06 RED (cn 84308216)
- Views: 2071
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Flying around now as RF-94105, 06 RED was one of two Blackjack's named "Il'ya Muromets". 05 RED was the first with that title, but was renamed to "Aleksandr Golovanov" later. In the background you can see the full white's 02 and 01 RED.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack
- Registration: / 06 RED (cn 84308216)
- Views: 3058
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Flying around now as RF-94105, 06 RED was one of two Blackjack's named "Il'ya Muromets". 05 RED was the first with that title, but was renamed to "Aleksandr Golovanov" later, after the Long-Range
Aviation Commander in 1942-44 and 1946-48.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KD Blinder B
- Registration: / 40 RED
- Views: 3225
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
During the late 1980s, a number of Tu-22KDs where rebuilt with an ECM system replacing the tail gun. This comprised the SPS-151, SPS-152 or SPS-153 system in a streamlined fairing.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
- Registration:
- Views: 2346
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Another One Bites the Dust
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KP Blinder C
- Registration: 80 RED
- Views: 2054
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
wearing an Guards Badge and the russian colors at the front gear door - maybe a former aircraft of 203 TBAP at Baranovichi
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Myasishchev M-4/3M/VM-T
- Registration: / 25 RED (cn 7300404)
- Views: 1671
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Think big - and this bomber is still bigger ! Incredible to think, that nearly all of them where scrapped now.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KD Blinder B
- Registration: / 76 RED
- Views: 2280
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
wearing different Badges, from left: Guard, Excellent aircraft/maintenance and the Russian flag.
The two small domes behind the cockpit are for the BTs63 astro-sextants, used for long-range navigation.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22U Blinder D
- Registration: / 42 RED
- Views: 2667
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
The Tu-22U was the least evolutionary of the entire Tu-22 family. Most of them where based at Dyagilevo near Ryazan, the main training base for Long-Range Aviation. The 43rd training centre (43 TsBP i PLS) was located there.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Myasishchev M-4/3M/VM-T
- Registration: / 54 RED
- Views: 2421
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Ready to fulfill the START-threaty
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KD Blinder B
- Registration: / 11 RED
- Views: 2036
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
This Tupolev belonged to 1st squadron of 121 TBAP at Machulishchi, now in the independent republic of Belarus.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KD Blinder B
- Registration: / 01 RED
- Views: 1930
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
In 1998 there where 120 Tu-22 on this base, most of them where scrapped by now. Kodachrome64
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KD Blinder B
- Registration: / 01 RED
- Views: 2492
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
By the mid-1980's, the Soviet Air Force had recognised the inadequacy of the tail gun and began with refitting it by an ECM-system instead. This Tu-22KD is showing its SPS-151 type ECM Tail, maybe a SPS-100 Reseda System active jammer unit.
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Ilyushin IL-78
- Registration: RA-76556B (cn 33445294)
- Views: 1347
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Badge to remember that this is the Prototype of the Il-78 MIDAS Tanker aircraft - Kodachrome64
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Ilyushin IL-78
- Registration: RA-76556B (cn 33445294)
- Views: 1378
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Prototype for the Il-78 MIDAS Tanker aircraft - Kodachrome64
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KP Blinder C
- Registration: / 51 RED
- Views: 2945
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Quite a lot of those Cold War Bombers where based here, not all airworthy of course and in the meantime likely been scrapped. Kodachrome64
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KP Blinder C
- Registration: / 51 RED
- Views: 2466
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
The eagle and shield badge shows that this aircraft belonged to 2nd squadron of 121 TBAP at Machulishchi, now in the independent republic of Belarus. Kodachrome6
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-22KP Blinder C
- Registration: / 51 RED
- Views: 1924
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
This former 2nd squadron aircraft of 121 TBAP at Machulishchi shows to good effect the specially treated (white-painted) panels of the fuselage, designed both to counteract corrosion and minimise the effect of thermal heating. Kodachrome64
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear H
- Registration: 42 RED
- Views: 2071
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
The big Kuznetsov turboprops give the Bear some 920 km/h (510 knots, 575 mph) maximum speed
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear H
- Registration: 49 RED
- Views: 2232
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
Another Bear - this time with 'Excellent Aircraft' Badge under the Cockpit
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear H
- Registration: 12 BLUE
- Views: 2223
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August, 1997
A Bear in the sun - what a Beast ! Should be a Tu95MS-6 -version, maybe someone can answer that ;)
- Air Force: Russia - Air Force
- Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-95K
- Registration: 53 RED (cn 27-84)
- Views: 1528
- Location: Engels (Zngyelse) (UWSG) , Russia August 22, 2007
Crammed cockpit of the mighty Bear.