Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Aircraft designations
Introduction This is a Glossary of acronyms used for aircraft designations in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
Terms :''2 Istrebitel'' – N1 – two-seat fighter with Napier engine see DI-1:''2 Motor Gelikopter'' – twin-engined helicopter:''Artilleriskii Korrektirovshchik'' – artillery correction:''Aeroopylitel'' – air duster Po-2:''Aeropyl'' – air dust Po-2:''ARKtichyeskii'' - arctic: -: Arkadiy Shvetsov-led engine design bureau prefix, coming from the '''OKB-19''' bureau:''Amfibiya Severnogo Kraya'' – amphibian for northern territory:''Blizhnii Bombardirovshchik'' – short-range bomber:''Bombardirovshchik D D'' - Bolkhovitnov:''Boyevoi Desantnyi Planer'' – troops assault glider:''Blizhniy Istrebitel'' – short-range fighter:- towed mine glider: -: -:''Blizhniy Pikiruyushchiy Bombardirovshchik'' – short-range dive bomber: -: -: -:''Bronirovannyy Shturmovik'' – armoured ground attack aircraft:see TsKB:1.- two-seat fighter:2. ''Dalnost'' - distance/range:1. ''Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik'' – long-range bomber:2. ''Dnevnoi Bombardirovshchik'' – day bomber:''Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-A'' – long-range bomber, academy:''Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-LK'' -: -:suffix ''Dauhl'niy Deystviya '' - long-range:''Dauhl'niy Dvuhkmestny Bronirovannyi Shturmovik'' - long-range two-seat close support aircraft: -: -:''Dvukhmesnyy Istrebitel' '' - two-seat fighter:''Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel Pushechny'' – two-seat cannon fighter:1. ''Dvukhmotortnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyenyia'' – twin-engined escort fighter:2. ''Dalnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyeniya'' – (ДИС, Дальний истребитель сопровождения – long-range escort fighter):''Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel T'' - two-seat fughter - 2-seat shturmovik version of I-152:''Dvukhmotornyi Krayenoi Linyeinyi'' - regional airliner: -:''Dal'niy Perekhvahtchik'' – long-range interceptor: - long-range glider torpedo:''Dvigatel' izdeliye R Tu-4'' – engine test-bed product R Tu-4 Myasischev inhouse designation for engine test aircraft. :''Dnevnoy Skorosnoy Bombardirovshchik'' - fast day bomber:''Dalnyi Vysotnyi Bombardirovshchik'' – long-range high-altitude bomber:''Eksperimentalnyi'' - experimental:''Eksperimentalnyi Apparat'' – experimental apparatus – usually prefixed by a number:''Eksperimental Dvigatyel'' – experimental engine:''Eksperimentalnyi Gelikopter'' – experimental helicopter:'' Eksperimentalyni Istribetel'' – experimental fighter:'' Eksperimentalyni Odnomyestnyi Istribetel'' – experimental single-seat fighter:''Frontovoy Istrebitel'' – frontal fighter:''Foto Samolyet'' – Photographic aircraft:''Gelikopter'' – helicopter:''Gidro-Aeroplan Spetsialno Naznachyeniya'' – seaplane special destination:''Giperzvukovya letayuschchaya Laboratoriya'' – hypersonic flying laboratory: -:''Gidro Samolyet Transportnaya'' – hydro aircraft transport – pby-1 Catalina:1. ''Izdeliye'' - product or article:2. ''Istrebitel''' – fighter: -:  ''Istrebitel-Bombardirovschik'' - fighter bomber / strike fighter :''Istrebitel' Dahl'nevo Deystviya'' – long-range fighter: -: -:''Istrebitel' s dvigatelem Liberty moschnost'yu 400 loshadinykh sil'' - fighter with a 400hp Liberty engine Polikarpov IL-400:''Istrebitel' odnomestny Pushechnyi'' – single-seat cannon fighter:''Istrebitel' Pushyechnii'' – fighter, cannon:1. ''Istrebitel' Skladnoi'' – folding fighter:2. ''Istrebitel' Soprovozhdyeniya'' – escort fighter:3. ''Istrebitel' Sylvanskii'' – fighter Sylvanskii:''Istrebitel' Shturmovik'' – fighter attack:''Istrebitel' Tyazhelyi'' – heavy fighter:''Istrebitel' Tyazhelyi Pushechnyi'' – heavy fighter with cannon:''Istrebitel' VyisokoSkorostnyi'' – high speed fighter:''Izdeliye Z'' - project Z:1.-:2. ''Koor'yerskiy'' - courier:''Khimichyevskii Boyevik'' – chemical fighter:''Korabelnii O Razvedchik'' – shipboard catapult reconnaissance: -:1. ''Korabelniy Razvedchik'' –  (корабельный разведчик - Shipboard Reconnaissance):2. ''Katapul'tiruyemoye Kreslo izdeliye R Tu-4'' – ejection seat test-bed product R Tu-4 Myasischev inhouse designation for ejection seat test aircraft.:3. ''Kreiser Razvyedchik'' - cruiser reconnaissance): - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft:''Kr'lya Tank'' – flying tank: -: Летающая Атомная Лаборатория - ''letayuschchaya ahtomnaya laboratoriya'' - flying nuclear laboratory:''Legkii Bombardirovshchik'' – light bomber:''Legkii Bombardirovshchik-2LD'' – light bomber with 2 lorraine-Dietrich engines:''Legkii Bombardirovshchik Sparka'' – light bomber, two seater:''Legkii Bronirovannyi Shturmovik'' – (ЛБШ, Легкий бронированный штурмовик – light armored attack aircraft):''Lev Pavlovich Malinovski''- 1930s director of NTU-GVF:''Leningradskii Institoot Grazdahnskovo Vozdooshnovo Flota''-  Leningrad Institute civil air fleet:1. ''Legkii Kreiser'' – light cruiser:2. ''Leningradskii Kombinat'' – Leningrad combine: - light utility transport 1994:''Letayuschchaya Laboratoriya'' - flying laboratory: -: -:''Legkii Razvedchik'' – (ЛР, Легкий разведчик – light reconnaissance):''Laminarnyi Sloi'' – laminar layer:''Lyegkii Shturmovik'' – (ЛШ, Легкий штурмовик – light attack):''Letayushchiy Tank'' – flying tank: -long-range flying torpedo:''Mishen'' – radio-controlled target radio-controlled versions of production aircraft had the OKB designation replaced with M, thus the RC target Il-28 became the M-28:''Mestnaya Amfibiya'' – regional amphibian: -: -:''Morskoi Blizhnii Razvedchik'' – marine short-range reconnaissance:''Morskoi Dalnii Razvedchik'' – marine long-range reconnaissance:''Morskoi Dalnii Razvedchik Torpedonosyets'' – (МДРТ, Морской дальний разведчик-торпедоносец – long-range sea recon/torpedo bomber): -: -:''Mnogotselevoy Gruzovoy Samolet'' - multi-role cargo aircraft: -: -:''Morskoi Kreiser'' – sea cruiser:''Morskoi Minonosyets'' – marine mine carrier: -:''Malya Mod Shturmovik'' – experimental engine attacker:1. ''Motor Planer'' – motor glider:2. ''Morskoi Passazhirskii'' – naval passenger transport:3. ''Morskoi Podvesnoi'' – marine suspended:1. ''Mnogomestnyi Pushyechnyi Istrebitel'' – (МПИ, Многоместный пушечный истребитель – multi-seat cannon fighter):2. ''Morskoi Poplavkovyi Istrebitel'' – sea floatplane fighter:''Morskoi Razvedchik'' – naval reconnaissance:''Morskoi Razvedchik Liberty'' – naval reconnaissance, Liberty engine:''Morskoi Samolyet'' – naval aircraft: -:''Morskoi Torpedonosyets'' – naval torpedo carrier:''Morskoi Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik'' – naval torpedo carrier-bomber:''Morskoi тяжелый Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik '' – (МТБТ, Морской тяжелый бомбардировщик-торпедоносец – Heavy sea bomber/torpedo bomber):''Morskoi Uchyebnii'' – naval trainer:''Morskoi Uchyebnii Rhone'' – naval trainer, Rhone engine: -:''Nochno-artillerisykyi Korrektirovshchik'' – night artillery observer:''Nochnoi Bombardirovshchik'' – night bomber:''Nochnoy Blizhniy Bombardirovshchik'' – short-range night bomber: -:''Odnomestnyi Bronirovanny Shturmovik'' (ОБШ, Одноместный бронированный штурмовик – single-seat armored attack aircraft): -:''Odnomestnyi Dvukhmotorny Bronirovanny Shturmovik'' – single-seat twin-engined armoured attack aircraft: -: -:''Odnomestnyi Pikiryushchyi Bombardirovshchik'' - (ОПБ, Одноместный пикирующий бомбардировщик – single-seat dive bomber): -: - deck based aircraft:''Odnomotornyi Shturmovik'' – single-engined attack: -:1. ''Perekhodnyi Pyervyi'' - intermediate:2. ''Passazheerskiy'' – passenger: -:1. ''Planer Bombardirovshchik'' – glider bomber:2. ''Pikiriyushchii Bombardirovshchik'' – dive bomber:''Pushechnyy Bronirovannyi Shturmovik'' (ПБШ, Пикирующий бронированный штурмовик – cannon-armed armoured assault aircraft):''Perekhvatchik s ToorboKompressorom Dollezhalya'' – interceptor with a dollezhal' designed supercharger:''Pushechnii Istrebitel'' – cannon fighter:''Passazhirskii Leningrad'' – passenger transport Leningrad:''Passazhirskii Maybach'' – passenger transport Maybach engine: -:1. ''Passazheerskiy Samolyot'' – airliner / passenger aircraft:2. ''Proxrachnyy Samolyot'' – transparent aircraft:''Planer Spetsial'no Naznachenaya'' – glider for special purposes: -: -:1. ''Razvedchik'' – reconnaissance:2. ''Reaktivnii'' - jet:''Razvedchik-Bombardirovshchik'' – reconnaissance-bomber:''Rekord Dalnosti'' – long distance record aircraft:''Rekord Dalnost Diesel'nyi'' – diesel-engined long-range record aircraft: -:''Rot front'' – Red Front: -: -:1. ''Razreznoye Krylo'' – slotted wing:2. ''Razdvizhnoye Krylo'' – extending wing:''Razdvizhnoye Krylo - Istrebitel'' – extending wing fighter: -: -:''Razvedchik Otkrytogo Morya'' – reconnaissance open sea:1.-:2. ''Raketnyy Plahner'' – rocket-powered glider: -: -:''Rekord Vysoty'' – record height: -: -:1. ''Skorostnoi'' - speedy:2. ''Sparka'' – twin / coupled:3. ''Samolet'' - aircraft:4. ''Strelovidnoye krylo'' – swept wings:Russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик - ''Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik'' - high speed bomber,: -: -:1. ''Skorostnyi Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik'' – high-speed day bomber:2. ''Strategicheskiy Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik'' – strategic long-range bomber: -:''Samolyot Yefremova i Nadiradze'' – Yefremova and Nadiradze's aircraft UT-2N:''Samolet Gonochnii'' - Racing Aeroplane:''Shturmovik'' – attack:1. ''Shturmovik Bombardirovshchik'' – ShB (ШБ, Штурмовик-бомбардировщик – attack/bomber):2. ''Shturmovik Brovirovanny'' –  armoured attack aircraft: -: -: -:''Shturmovik Osobogo Naznachyeniya'' – (ШОН, Штурмовик особого назначения – special purpose attack aircraft):''Shassi izdeliye R'' – undercarriage product R Tu-4 Myasischev inhouse designation for bicycle u/c test aircraft. :''Shtabnoi Samolet'' – staff aeroplane: -:''Skorostnii Krylo'' – high-speed wing: - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft:''Sanitarnyi Kabina Filatov'' – ambulance cabin:''Syel'skolkhozyaistyennyi'' - agricultural:''Samoletnyy Komandno-Izmeritel'nyy Punkt'' – airborne measuring and control point Beriev Samolyot 976: -: -:''Samolet Osobogo Naznachyeniya'' – aircraft special/personal assignment:1. ''Spetzprimeneniya'' or ''Spetsialno Primeneniya'' – special purposes:2. ''Stratosfernyi Plane'' – stratospheric glider:''Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik'' – (СПБ, Скоростной пикирующий бомбардировщик – high-speed dive bomber):''Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik / D'' – fast dive bomber / D::''Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikPoplavkii'' – fast dive bomberfloat:''Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikBSB'' – fast dive bomber -: ''Samolet Passazheerskiy Dal'niy'' - long-range passenger aircraft???? - (Ilyushin Il-18):1. ''Svyazno Passazhirskii L'' – liaison passenger:2. ''Samolyet dlya Podvodnikh Lodok'' – aeroplane for submarine boats:'' Skorostnoi Passazhirskii Samolet'' – high-speed passenger aircraft:''skorstnoi Razvedchik'' – (СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance):''Skorostnoi Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik'' – high-speed reconnaissance-bomber:''Stratosfernii Samolyet'' – stratospheric aircraft:''Skoropodyemnyi Skorotrelnyi'' – speedster, high-speed lift, fast-shooter: -:''Samolyet UrkVozdukhPut'' – aircraft Ukrainian civil aviation authority:''Samolet Vozdushnogo Boya'' – aircraft for air combat:1. ''Torpedonosyets'' – torpedo carrier:2. ''Treugol'noye(треугольный) krylo'' - triangular wing:''Transportnaya Amfibiya'' – transport amphibian:''Transportnaya Amfibiya Fotografichyeskii'' – transport amphibian, photographic:''Tyazholyy Bombardirovshchik'' – heavy bomber:''Treneirovochni Istrebitel'' (ТИ, Тренировочный истребитель – trainer fighter):''Tyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya'' – heavy escort fighter:''Tyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya Mnogotsyelevoi -A'' – heavy escort fighter, multirole A:''Tjazholij Krejser'' - heavy cruiser:''Torpedonosyets Otkrytogo Morya'' – (Торпедоносец открытого моря – Torpedo bomber for open seas): - thick wing section: -:''Transportnyi Samolet'' – transport aircraft:''Tyazheli Shturmovik'' – heavy attacker: -: - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft - Pissarenko:''uchebnyy'' - trainer:''Universal'noye letayushchyeye Krylo'' – universal flying wing Grokhovskii G-37:''Uchyebno-erekhodnoi Bombardirovshchik'' – training transitional bomber: -:''Upravleniye Pogranichnym Sloyem'' – boundary layer control:''sistema oopravleniya izdeliye R'' – control system product RTu-4 Myasischev inhouse designation forpowered flying control system test aircraft. : -:''Uchebno Trenirovochnyy'' - trainer:''Uchebno Trenirovochnyy Bombardirovshchik'' – bomber trainer:''Uchebno-trenirovochnyy Istrebitel' '' - fighter trainer:''Uchebno-trenirovochnyy Pikeeruyushchiy Bombardirovshchik'' – dive bomber trainer: - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft: -: -:''Vysotnyi Istrebitel'' – high altitude fighter: -:''Vozdushnyi Istrebitel Tankov'' – aerial tank fighter: -:''Vladimir Myasischev-Transportnaya'' -  Vladimir Myasischev - Transport:''Vozdushnii Nabludatyelnii Punkt'' - aerial observation point: -:: -:''Vysotnyi Perekhvatchik'' – high altitude interceptor:''Vystavlyaet Samolyet'' – demonstration aircraft:''VysokoSkorostnyi Istrebitel '' – high speed fighter: -: -:''Yedinitsa'' - one-off / single unit: ''Zveno''-link/flight: -
OKB / Constructor Prefixes :Charomskii engines:Yakovlev in-house designations:Antonov:Arkhangyelskii:Beriev:Beresnyak - Isayev:Chelomey:Chyetverikov:Grigorovich in-house designations:Gudkov:Ilyushin:Koleznikov-Tsybin:Lavochkin:Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov:Lisunov:Mikoyan i Guryevich:Mil:Myasischev:Kuznetsov engines:Nikitin in-house designations:Petlyakov:Polikarpov:Rafaelyants in-house designations:Shavrov:Shchyerbakov:Sukhoi:Tsybin:Tupolev:Yakovlev in-house designations:Yakovlev:Yermolayev
Designation suffixes & prefixes  :1. (suffix) ''Ahtomnyy'' – atomic,  i.e. nuclear capable:2. (suffix)  - assault:1. (suffix) ''Artilleriskii Korrektirovshchik'' – artillery correction:2. (suffix) ''A dlya podgotovki Kosmonahvtov'' – A for cosmonaut training:(suffix) ''Apparatoora Kosmicheskoy Svyazi'' – space communications equipment:(suffix) ''Avtomatizeerovannaya sistema Lyotnovo Kontrolya'' – automatic flight check system:(suffix) ''AS'' – Slovakian upgrade MiG-29AS:(suffix)  ''A Trahnsportnyy'' – A transport Il-18: (suffix)  ''A Trahnsportnyy Reaktivnyye Dvigateli'' – A transport Jet engine:(suffix) ''A Trahnsportnyy Ooskoriteli'' - A transport boosters:1. (suffix) ''Bombardirovshchik'' – bomber:2. (suffix) ''Biplahn'' - biplane:3. (suffix) ''B'' – second version MiG-31B:(suffix)  -:(suffix)  - MiG-23:1. (suffix) ''B Modernizeerovannyy'' – B modernised MiG-31:2. (suffix) ''Beloroosskaya Modernizahtsiya'' – Belorussian upgrade MiG-29BM:3. (suffix) ''Booksirovshchik Misheney'' – target tug:(suffix)  -:(suffix) ''B Stroyevaya modernizahtsiya'' – B in-service up-grade:1. (suffix) ''BuksirTralshchik'' – towing minesweeper:2. (suffix) ''B Trahnsportnyy'' – B transport Il-18:(suffix) ''Bombardirovshchik-Razvedchik'' – bomber / reconnaissance:1. (suffix) ''Dahl'nomer'' - rangefinder:2. (suffix) - MiG-27:3. (suffix)  - MiG-31D ASAT launcher:4. (suffix) ''Derevyannyy'' - wooden:5. (suffix) ''Dahl'niy'' - long-range:6. (suffix) ''Dorabotannya'' - revised:7. (suffix) ''Dvookhmesnyy'' - two-seat:(suffix) ''Dahl'niy Bombardirovshchik '' - long-range bomber:(suffix) ''Dahl'niy Istrebitel' '' - long-range:(suffix) ''Dopolnitel'nyye Motor'' – supplementary engine:(suffix) ''Samolyto Dahl'niy Okeahnskiy Razvedchik Ryby'' – long-range ocean fishery reconnaissance aircraft:(suffix) ''Dvukmestnyi Polutoplan'' – two-seat sesquiplane:(suffix) ''Dahl'niy Strategicheskiy Razvedchik'' – long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft:(suffix) ''Desahntno-Trahnsportnyy i Sanitarnyy'' – assault transport/ambulance:(suffix) ''Dvoinyi Upravlenii'' – war control:(suffix)  -  Pe-2DV:(suffix) ''DoZaprahvka'' – in-flight refuelling:1. (suffix) ''Ekranoplan'' – wing in ground effect:2. (suffix) ''Eksportnyy'' - export:3. (suffix) ''Eksperimentahl'nyy'' - experimental:1. (suffix) ''Forseerovannyy'' - uprated:2. (suffix) ''Fonar'' – canopy:3. (suffix) ''Fotograficheskiy'' – photo:4. (suffix) ''Fotorazvedchik'' - Photo-reconnaissance:(suffix) ''Frontovoy Eksportnyy'' – frontal/tactical export MiG-31:(suffix) ''FotokartGraficheskiy'' – photo survey / mapping:(suffix) ''FotoKartgraficheskiy'' – photo mapping:(suffix) ''FotoKartgraficheskiy Modernizeerovannyy'' – photo mapping, modified:(suffix) ''FotoKartgraficheskiy Modernizeerovannyy Passazheerskiy'' – photo mapping, passenger:(suffix)  -:(suffix)  -:(suffix) ''Frontovoye Trebovaniye'' – front-line request:(suffix) ''Frontovoye Zadaniye'' –:(suffix) ''Glavnaya Gheofizicheskaya Observatoriya'' – geophysical observatory:1. (suffix) ''Gak'' – hook arrestor hook equipped:2. (suffix) ''G'' - Germany MiG-29G German upgraded:3. (suffix) ''Ghidrosamolyot'' - floatplane:4. (suffix) ''Groozovoy'' – cargo:1. (suffix) ''Gruzovymi Kassetami'' – underwing cargo container:2. (suffix) ''Germetichyeskoi Kabine'' – hermetic pressure cabin:(suffix) ''Groozovoy'' – cargo:(suffix) ''Groozovoy, Modernizeerovannyy'' – cargo, modified:(suffix) ''Golos Nyeba'' – voice from the sky:(suffix) ''GT'' – Germany upgraded trainer MiG-29GT German upgraded:1. (suffix) ''Indeeskiy'' - Indian:2. (suffix) ''Issledovatel'skiy'' – research:3. (suffix) ''Istrebitel'' – fighter:4. (suffix) ''Izrail'skoye obroodovaniye'' – Israeli equipment:(suffix) ''Istrebitel Bombardirovshchik'' – fighter bomber:(suffix) ''Istrebitel soprovozhdeniya'' – escort fighter:(suffix) ''Istrebitel' Shtoormovik'' – attack fighter:1. (suffix)  - MiG-27:2. (suffix) ''Kabina'' – cabin:3. (suffix) ''Kommerchesky'' – commercial for export:4. (suffix) ''Kompleks vo'oruzheniya'' – weapons system:5. (suffix) ''Konverteeruyennyy'' - convertible:6. (suffix) ''Korabelnyi'' – ship based:7. (suffix) ''Korotkonogii'' – short legged:8. (suffix) ''Korrektovovshchik'' – correction:9. (suffix) ''dlya podgotovki Kosmonahvtov'' – for cosmonaut training:(suffix) ''Kombineerovnannaya Artillerisko Bombardirovochnaya Batareya Mozharovskovo i Venevidova'' – combined gun/bomb battery spotter designed by Mozharovskiy and Venevidova:(suffix) ''Kholod'' - cold cryogenic fuel testbed:1. (suffix) -  MiG-27KR:2. (suffix) ''KorrektiRovschchik'' – artillery spotter:(suffix) ''Korabel'nyy Oochebnyy'' – shipboard trainer:(suffix) ''Korabel'nyy Oochebno-Boyevoy'' – shipboard combat trainer MiG-29KUB:(suffix) ''Korotkiy Vzlyot Posahdka'' – short landing/STOL:1. (suffix) ''Laborotoriya'' – laboratory:2. (suffix) ''Lesozashchita'' – forestry protection:3. (suffix) ''Limuzin'' – cabin transport:4. (suffix) ''Lyuks'' – de Luxe:(suffix) ''Lytno-Ispytatel'nyy Kompleks'' – flight test complex:(suffix) ''Letyushchaya Laborotoriya'' – flying laboratory:(suffix) ''Letyushchaya Laborotoriya - Protivolodochnoy Obrony'' – flying laboratory – ASW anti submarine warfare:(suffix) ''Lyegkii Nochnoi Bomardirovshchik'' – light night bomber:(suffix) ''LesopPozharnyy'' - forest patrol:(suffix) ''Lyezhachi Polozheni Lyetchik'' – prone position pilot:(suffix) ''Ledovyy Razvedchik'' – ice reconnaissance:(suffix)0 ''Limuzin Svyarznoi'' -:1. (suffix) ''Lyzhnoye Shassee'' – ski undercarriage:2. (suffix) ''Lyokhkiy Shtoormovik'' – light attack aircraft:(suffix)  -:1. (suffix) ''Manevreeruyushchaya'' - manoeuvering:2. (suffix) ''Mishen'' - target:3. (prefix) ''Mishen'' – radio-controlled target:4. (suffix) ''Morskoi'' - marine:5. (suffix) ''Modernizeerovannyy'' – up-dated/modernised:6. (suffix) ''Modifikatsirovanni'' - modified:7. (suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy'' – modified:8. (suffix) ''Morskoi'' - marine:9. (suffix)  - meteorological:1. (suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Dorabotannyy'' - modified, upgraded:2. (suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Dahl'niy'' - modified, long-range:(suffix) ''Modernizeerovannyy Eksportnyy'' – up-dated/modernised export MiG-29ME:(suffix) ''Modifikahtsya dlya Filipin'' – Philippines export version MiG-29MF:(suffix) ''Ministerstvo Grazhdahnskoy Aviahtsii'' – ministry of civil aviation Il-76MGA:1. (suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy Konverteeruyemyy'' – modified, convertible Il-76MK:2. (suffix) ''Mekhanizeerovannoye Krylo'' – mechanised wings fitted with high lift devices:(suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy'' - modified lightweight:(suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Ametist'' - modified lightweight fitted with Amethyst RADAR:(suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Dorabotannyy'' - modified lightweight, upgraded:(suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Dorabotannyy, Gardeniya'' - modified lightweight, upgraded, fitted with Gardenia radar:(suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Gardeniya'' - modified lightweight, fitted with Gardenia radar:(suffix) ''Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, S'' - modified lightweight, S:(suffix)  ''Mahlovysotnaya Mishen'' - low-altitude target:(suffix) ''Malya Mod Shturmovik'' – experimental engine attacker:(suffix)  -  electronic countermeasures:(suffix) ''MeteoRazvedchik'' – weather reconnaissance:(suffix)  -:(suffix) ''MiShen'' - target:(suffix)  -:(suffix)  ''Modifitseerovannyy Vo'oruzhonnyy'' – modified armed:(suffix)  ''Modernizeerovannyy/Zaprahvshchik'' – modernised/tanker:1. (suffix) ''Nositel' yadernovo oroozhiya'' – nuclear weapons carrier:2. (suffix) ''Nositel' spetsboyepripasa'' – special weapons carrier:3. (suffix) ''N'' – Malaysian export MiG-29:4. (suffix) ''Nit'' – fitted with Nit'-S1SLAR:(suffix) ''NochnoArtilleriskyi Korrektovovshchik'' – night artillery correction:(suffix) ''N Uchebno-Boevoy'' –Malaysian export  combat trainer MiG-29:(suffix) ''Odnomestnyi Biplan'' – single-seat biplane:(suffix)  ''Opytnny Experimental'nyy Samolyot'' – prototype experimental aircraft:1. (suffix) ''Odnomestnyi Nizkoplan'' – single-seat low-wing monoplane:2. (suffix) ''Osobogo Naznachyeniya'' – special/personal assignment:(suffix) ''OPerahtorskiy samolyot'' – camera operators aircraft:(suffix) ''Okeahnskiy Razvedchik Ryby'' – ocean / fishery reconnaissance aircraft:(suffix) ''Opyshyennyi Stabilizator'' – trimmed stabiliser:(suffix) ''Otklonyayemyy Vektor Tyaghi'' – thrust vector control:1. (suffix) ''Passazheerskiy'' – passenger:2. (suffix) ''Perkhvatchik''' – interceptor:3. (suffix) ''Pushechnyy'' – cannon armed:4. (suffix) ''Pochtovyy samolyot'' – mailplane:5. (suffix) ''Poplavkii'' – floats:6. (suffix) ''Poolsa'' – stripe:7. (suffix) ''Pozharnyy'' – forestry protection:8. (suffix) ''Pererabotannyy'' - re-worked:(suffix) ''Perkhvatchik' Aerostahtov'' – balloon interceptor:(suffix) ''Planer Bombardirovshchik'' – glider bomber:1. (suffix) ''Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny'' – interceptor modified:2. (suffix) ''Podyomnyye Dvigateli'' – lift engines:(suffix) ''Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny v Stroyoo'' – interceptor modified field-modified:(suffix) ''Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny Zaprahvka'' – interceptor modified re-fuelling:(suffix)  - photo mapping:(suffix)  -:(suffix)  -:(suffix)  -:(suffix) ''ProtivoLodochnyy'' - Anti-submarine:(suffix) ''Protivolodochnoy Obrony'' – ASW anti submarine warfare:1. (suffix) ''Pilotazhnyy Modifitseerovannyy'' – aerobatic modified:2. (suffix) ''Perekhvatchik' Modernizeerovannyy'' – interceptor modified:(suffix) ''Perekhvatchik' Modernizeerovannyy U'' – interceptor modified boosted:(suffix) polar:1. (suffix) ''Postanovshchik Pomekh'' – ECM aircraft:2. (suffix) ''Protivopozharnyy'' – fire fighting:(suffix) ''Patanovchik Pamech Aktivni'i'' – comint and jamming platform:''Poikovo-spasahtel'nyy Reaktivnyy Ooskoritel' Trahnsportnyy'' – SAR boosted transport:1. (suffix) ''Pilotazhnyy Spetsiahl'nyy'' – aerobatic special:2. (suffix) ''Pilotazhnyy Samolyot'' – aerobatic aircraft:3. (suffix) ''Poiskovo-Spahtel'nyy'' – search and rescue:(suffix) ''Perkhvatchik' Teplvaya golovka samonavedeniya'' – interceptor with IR seeker head:(suffix) ''Protivovozdushnaya Oborona'' – air defence:(suffix) ''Pryamototchnyye Vozdooshno Reaktivnyye Dvigatel'' - ramjets:(suffix) ''Perekhvatchik' Oochebnyy'' – interceptor trainer:(suffix) ''Perekhvatchik' Oochebnyy – Samolyot Optiko-Televizionnovo Nablyudeniya'' – interceptor trainer – optical/TV surveillance aircraft:(suffix)  -:1. (suffix)  -  Mi-10:2. (suffix) ''Razvedchik'' – reconnaissance:3. (suffix) ''Reaktivnyy'' – jet propelled reaction engines:4. (suffix) ''Rekordnyi'' - record:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik'' – reconnaissance bomber:RBF (suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik izdeliye 02F'' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Shar' sigint package in izdeliye02F:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Koob'' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Koob' sigint package:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik Nochnoy'' – night reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Sablya'' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Sablya' SLAR:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Shompol'' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Shompol' sigint package:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Tangazh'' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Tangazh' sigint package:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Virazh'' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Virazh' sigint package:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Virazh Dorabotannyy dlya Zapravki'' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Virazh' sigint package and in flight refuelling:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Shompol Dorabotannyy dlya Zapravki '' – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Shompol' sigint packageand in flight refuelling:(suffix)  ''Razvedchik Ryby'' – fisheries reconnaissance:(suffix)  ''Reaktivnyy Dvigatel'' – jet propelled engine:(suffix) ''Samolyot RahdioElektronnoy Bor'byy'' – electronic countermeasures aircraft:(suffix) ''Samolyot RahdioElektronnoye Oboroodovaniye'' – electronic equipment test-bed aircraft:(suffix) ''RahdioElektronnoye Protivodeystviye'' - ECM Electronic Counter-Measures aircraft:(suffix) ''Rahdio Lokatsionnyy Dozor'' – radar picket:(suffix) ''samolyot Razvedchik, Modifitseerovannyy'' – modified reconnaissance aircraft:(suffix)  - fisheries reconnaissance:(suffix) ''samolyot Radiotsionnyy Razvedchik'' – radiation intelligence aircraft:(suffix) ''Radiotsionnyy Razvedchik Vysotnyy'' – radiation intelligence aircraft, high altitude:1. (suffix) ''Reaktivnyy ooskoritel' Trahnsportnyy'' - jet booster transport:2. (suffix) ''ReTranslyator'' – relay installation:(suffix) ''ReTranslyator Laborotoriya'' – relay installation laboratory:(suffix) ''Samolyot RahdioTekhnicheskoy Razvedki'' – electronic reconnaissance aircraft:(suffix) ''Razvedchik Oochebnyy'' – reconnaissance aircraft, trainer:1. (suffix) ''Razvedchik Vysotnyy'' – reconnaissance aircraft, high altitude:2. (suffix) ''Reaktivnyy Ooskoritel' V'' – boosted V  An-24RV:1. (suffix)  - MiG-29S:2. (suffix) ''Salon'' – vip aircraft:3. (suffix) ''Sanitarnyy'' - medical:4. (suffix) ''Sapfeer'' – fitted with Sapfeer radar:5. (suffix) ''Sereeynyy'' / ''Serinyi'' -series / production:6. (suffix) ''Stabilizator'' - stabiliser:7. (suffix) ''Strelovidnoye krylo'' – swept wings:(suffix) ''Sistema Avtomaticheskovo Oopravleniya'' – fitted with automatic control system:(suffix) ''S Dozaprahvka'' – S in-flight refuelling MiG-29SD:(suffix) ''Skorostnyi Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik'' – high-speed day bomber:(suffix) ''Samolyot-Dooblyor Komety'' – Kometa missilemanned analogue MiG-17SDK:(suffix) ''S Eksportnyy'' – S export MiG-29SE:(suffix) ''Shturmovik'' - attack:(suffix) ''Shatbnoi Samolyet'' – staff aeroplane:(suffix) ''Shtabnoy Trahnsportnyy'' – Staff/HQ transport:(suffix) ''Samolyotnyy Izmeritel'nyy Poonkt'' – airborne measuring station:1. (suffix) ''Spetsiahl'nyy Komahndnyy samolyot'' – special command aircraft:2. (suffix) ''Samolyotnyy Komahndno-izmeritel'nyy poonkt'' – airborne measuring and control point ULL-76 / ULL-76-02:(suffix) ''Sel'skoKhozyaistvennyy'' - agricultural sprayer/duster:(prefix) ''Samolyot-Laboratoriya'' – laboratory aircraft Leninets re-designated their research aircraft with the prefix SL, thus the Il-18SL was probably more correctly designated the SL-18A:(suffix) ''S Modernizeerovannyy'' - S modernised MiG-29SM:(suffix) ''S Modernizeerovannyy Toplivo'' – up-dated/modernised, fuel Mig-29SMT:(suffix)  -  border surveillance Mi-8:''Salon Obslooga'' – VIP service personnel:(suffix) ''Spetsializeerovannyy Oftal'mologicheskiy Letayushchiy Filiahl'' – specialised ophthalmic surgery flying branch office:(suffix) ''SpetzPrimeneniya'' or ''Spetsialno Primeneniya'' – special purposes(СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance):(suffix) ''Skoropodyemnyi SkoroStrelnyi'' – speedster, high-speed lift, fast-shooter:(suffix) ''izdeliye S trenirov-ochnoy Katapool'toy'' – training ejection system UTI-MiG-15stk:(suffix) ''Spahrennoye Oopravleniye'' – dual controls:1. (suffix) ''Tankovyi'' – tank buster:2. (suffix) ''Tahksi'' - taxi:3. (suffix) ''Teplovaya glovka Samonavedeniya'' – Infra-Red seeker:4. (suffix) ''Toplivo'' - fuel:5. (suffix)  ''Torpedonosyets'' – torpedo carrier:6. (suffix) ''Trahnsportnyy'' – transport:7. (suffix) ''Trenirovochnyy'' – proficiency trainer:8. (suffix) ''Tryokhkolyosnoye Shasee'' – tri-cycle undercarriage:9. (suffix) ''Tyazhelovo'oruzhonny'' – heavily armed:10. (suffix) ''Treugol'noye(треугольный) krylo'' - triangular wing:1. (suffix) ''Trahnsportno-Booksirovshchik'' – transport / glider tug:2. (suffix)  -  Mil Mi-8TB:(suffix)  -  Mil Mi-8TBK:(suffix) ''Trahnsportno-Desahntnyy'' – transport / assault aircraft:1. (suffix) ''Trahnsportno-Groozovoy'' – transport / cargo:2. (suffix)  -  LPG powered Mi-8:1. (suffix)  – anti-tank:2. (suffix)  - thin wing:3. (suffix) ''Trahnsportnyy, Konverteeruyemyy'' – convertible passenger/cargo:4. (suffix) ''ToorboKompressorom'' - turbo-charged:(suffix) ''ToorboKompressorom Ghermeticheskoy Kabinoy'' - turbo-charged engine, hermetically sealed cabin:(suffix) ''Torpedonosets Modifitseerovannyy'' – modified torpedo bomber:(suffix) ''Trahnsportno-Sanitarnyy'' – transport / medical:1. (suffix) ''Torpedonosets Poplavkovyy'' – Torpedo carrier floatplane:2. (suffix) ''Trahnsportno-Paasazheerskiy'' – cargo / passenger:(suffix) ''Trahnsportnyy V'' – transport V:1. (suffix) ''Uchebnyi'' (Учебный - "Trainer"):2. (suffix) ''Uloochshennyy'' – improved:(suffix) ''Oosovershenstvovannyy, Dereviannyy'' - improved, wooden:(suffix) ''Oochebnyy Fotosoprovozhdeniye'' – trainer-photographic support:(suffix) ''Uchebno-Boevoy'' – combat trainer:(suffix) ''Uchebno-Boevoy Toplivo'' – combat trainer, fuel MiG-29UBT:(suffix) ''Uchebno-Boevoy Modernizeerovannyy'' – combat trainer, modernised MiG-29UBM:(suffix) ''oochebnyy Sdoov Pogranichnovo Sloya'' – trainer with BLC:1. (suffix) ''Oochebno Shtoormanskiy Samolyot'' – navigator trainer aircraft:2. (suffix) ''U Shtoormanskiy Samolyot'' – U trainer aircraft  I-153USh:(prefix) ''Ooniversahl'naya letyuschchaya Laboratoriya'' – universal flying laboratory:1. (suffix) ''Oochebnyy, Modernizeerovannyy'' – upgraded trainer:2  (suffix) '' Uloochshennyy M'' – improved M new build Yak-9U's:(suffix)  -:(suffix) ''Uchyebno Trenirovochnyi'' – conversion/proficiency/educational training:(suffix) ''Uchyebno Trenirovochnyi Gak'' – educational training with arrestor hook:(suffix) ''oochebno Trenirovochnyy Istrebitel' '' - fighter trainer:(suffix) ''Uloochshennyy Vyvoznoy'' – improved familiarisation training:(suffix) ''Ookorochennyy Vzlyot i Posahdka'' - STOL:1. (suffix)  - floatplane An-2 floatplane:2. (suffix)  - Il-18:3. (suffix) ''Vysotnyy'' – height/high-altitude:4. (suffix) ''Vyvoznoy'' – familiarisation training:(suffix) '' Vysotnyi ToorboKompressorom Germetichyeskoi Kabine'' – high-altitude turbo-charged hermetic pressure cabin:(suffix) ''Visotnyi Bombardirovshchik'' – high altitude bomber:(suffix) ''Visotnyi Istrebitel'' – (ВИ, Высотный истребитель – high-altitude fighter):(suffix) ''Vozdooshno-Kosmicheskiy'' – air/space satellite launcher:(suffix) ''Vozdooshnyy Komahndnyy Poonkt'' – Airborne command post:(suffix)  -:(suffix) ''Vozdooshnyy Poonkt Oopravleniya'' – airborne command post:(suffix) ''Vozdooshno Reaktivnyye Dvigatel'' - ramjets:(suffix) ''Vozdooshno-Reaktivnyy Dvigatel' Kompressornovo Tipa'' – compressor-type air-breathing engine:(suffix) ''Voiskovoi Seriya'' – military series:1. (suffix) ''V Trahnsportnyy'' – V transport Il-18:2. (suffix) ''Voyenno-Trahnsportnyy samolyot'' – military transport aircraft Il-114VT:VV (suffix) ''Vertikahl'nyy Vzlyot'' – vertical take-off:(suffix) ''Vozduzhni'i Zapasdnoi Punkt Upravlenya'' – aerial emergency command post:(suffix) ''Zondirovshchik Atmosfery'' – atmosphere sampler:(suffix) ''Zhidkosnyyreaktivnyy dvigatel'' – liquid fuelled rocket motor:(suffix) ''Zavod Imyennyi Goltsman'' – Works named for Goltsman
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