Chief Commander of the Russian Air Force Gen. Col. Vladimir Mikhailov during a news conference on the results and prospects of the Russian Air Force development in 2004.01.02.2004#3255687
An inspection of military equipment in Machulishchi near Minsk in Belarus, which was held by the CIS defense ministers on the eve of a meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State on Military Issues. Heavy military transport aircraft Ilyushin Il-76.13.02.1992#8612989
An inspection of military equipment in Machulishchi near Minsk in Belarus, which was held by the CIS defense ministers on the eve of a meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State on Military Issues. Heavy military transport aircraft Antonov AN-124 (Ruslan).13.02.1992#8612988
Unloading humanitarian aid from the first US Air Force military transport aircraft with 30 tons of food at a Moscow airport as part of the large-scale Provide Hope effort to provide assistance to the countries of the former USSR after the collapse of the Soviet Union.10.02.1992#8612618
Zhukovsky in the Moscow Region. Soviet and foreign guests watch an air show marking Soviet Air Fleet Day at a local airfield.18.08.1991#8609352
Zhukovsky in the Moscow Region. The crew of a Tupolev Tu-114 turboprop passenger airliner Soviet and foreign guests at a local airfield.18.08.1991#8609351
Zhukovsky in the Moscow Region. An air show marking Soviet Air Fleet Day at a local airfield. From left: Soviet test pilots Alexander Beschastnov and Anatoly Kvochur near a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum multirole fighter-bomber.18.08.1991#8609350
President of the Republic of Finland Mauno Koivisto greets President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev at Helsinki Airport upon the latter's arrival for the bilateral meeting with U.S. President George H. W. Bush to discuss the aggravated situation in the Persian Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.09.09.1990#8210165
The bilateral meeting between U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Helsinki to discuss the aggravated situation in the Persian Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. President of the Republic of Finland Mauno Koivisto, 2nd right, and First Lady of Finland Tellervo Koivisto greet U.S. President George H. W. Bush, 2nd left, and U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush at the airport.09.09.1990#8209979
The bilateral meeting between U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Helsinki to discuss the aggravated situation in the Persian Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. President of the Republic of Finland Mauno Koivisto, right, greets U.S. President George H. W. Bush, left, and U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush at the airport.09.09.1990#8209977
The bilateral meeting between U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Helsinki to discuss the aggravated situation in the Persian Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. President of the Republic of Finland Mauno Koivisto and First Lady of Finland Tellervo Koivisto greet U.S. President George H. W. Bush and U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush at the airport.09.09.1990#8209974
Valentina Ponomareva, Soviet pilot, Candidate in Engineering, test cosmonaut. In 1962-1969 she was a member of the USSR cosmonaut squad. She was the second backup person of the first woman cosmonaut of the planet, Valentina Tereshkova.10.11.1989#6566948
The special-purpose cargo aircraft VM-T Atlant, a modified version of the 3MK strategic bomber, delivers large-size elements of the Energiya and Buran space systems to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. From right: Crew commander V. Arkhipenkov and Co-Pilot A. Sazonkin.09.10.1989#6551981
An aviation sports festival in Tushino marking Soviet Air Force Day. In the sky - combat helicopter MI-24 and supersonic fighter jets SU-27.20.08.1989#5541819
Spectators attend an aviation and sports festival to mark Soviet Air Force Day on Moscow's Tushino Airfield.20.08.1989#8163169
Spectators attend an aviation and sports festival to mark Soviet Air Force Day on Moscow's Tushino Airfield.20.08.1989#8163163
An aviation sports festival marking Soviet Air Fleet Day at Tushino Airfield. Photo: Hot-air balloons from Lithuania,20.08.1989#8372242
Surface-to-air missile units conduct target shooting practice using remote controlled drones.01.07.1989#8200558
The Serov Krasnodar Higher Air Force School trains foreign cadets. Photo: Angolan cadets prepare to take off in an air force trainer.01.05.1989#8205840
A visit by Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger to the USSR. Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger and Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, air marshal Alexander Yefimov, examine a MiG-29 aircraft while touring the air force garrison in Kubinka.13.04.1989#6626521
A visit by Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger to the USSR. Member of the Swiss delegation V. Duhring and Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, air marshal Alexander Yefimov, right, examine a MiG-29 aircraft while touring the air force garrison in Kubinka.13.04.1989#6626520
A visit by Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger to the USSR. Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger, 2nd right, and Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, air marshal Alexander Yefimov, left, examine a MiG-29 aircraft while touring the air force garrison in Kubinka.13.04.1989#6626519
A visit by Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger to the USSR. Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger, center, and Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, air marshal Alexander Yefimov, 3rd left, during their meeting at the airfield in Kubinka.13.04.1989#6626518
A visit by Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger to the USSR. Chief of the Federal Military Department of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger, left, and Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, air marshal Alexander Yefimov, tour the air force garrison in Kubinka.13.04.1989#6626517
A visit by Minister of Defense of the French Republic Jean-Pierre Chevenement to the USSR. Minister of Defense of the French Republic Jean-Pierre Chevenement, 3rd left, examines various types of Soviet combat aircraft while touring the air force garrison in Kubinka.04.04.1989#6626087
A visit by Minister of Defense of the French Republic Jean-Pierre Chevenement to the USSR. Minister of Defense of the French Republic Jean-Pierre Chevenement, center, and Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR and air marshal Alexander Yefimov, right, tour an air force garrison in Kubinka.04.04.1989#6626085
A visit by Minister of Defense of the French Republic Jean-Pierre Chevenement to the USSR. Minister of Defense of the French Republic Jean-Pierre Chevenement, right, and Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR and air marshal Alexander Yefimov, center, tour an air force garrison in Kubinka.04.04.1989#6626084
Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Silantyev, a Soviet ace of the fighter aviation, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War 194101945, a military commander, military inspector - advisor of the Group of general inspectors of the USSR Defense Ministry, Chair of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans.17.02.1989#6724291
Test pilot Anatoly Kvochur after testing a Mikoyan MiG-29. Airfield of the Gromov Aviation Research Institute.10.10.1988#6590295
Briefing on the 15th anniversary of the Arab-Israeli War (also known as the Yom Kippur War) for Arab correspondents. The conflict was fought on October 6-25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. Aviation Colonel General Grigory Dolnikov.06.10.1988#6624657
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988). Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand, left, with his wife, center, and his daughter during their discharge from the maternity hospital. Background: his backup, Mohammad Dauran, and Soviet cosmonaut Yury Malyshev, second right.20.08.1988#6610582
The visit of a US delegation to the USSR, August 1-14, 1988. US Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, second right, speaks to journalists at the military airfield in Kubinka, where he met with fighter pilots.02.08.1988#8355517
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988) before a splashdown drill. From left: Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand and Soviet cosmonaut and researcher, doctor Valery Polyakov.01.08.1988#6610590
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988) before a splashdown drill. From left: Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand and Soviet cosmonaut and researcher, doctor Valery Polyakov.01.08.1988#6610588
Afghan war (1979-1989). Soviet military aircraft at the Kabul airport, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (now the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan).01.07.1988#8321108
A visit by a Finnish delegation to the USSR. Minister of Defense of Finland Johan Ole Norrback, center left, and Commander of the 234th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Vladimir Basov, center, walk past a honor guard formation at the Kubinka air base.07.06.1988#6569041
A visit by a Finnish delegation to the USSR. Minister of Defense of the USSR, Army General Dmitry Yazov, right, greets Minister of Defense of Finland Johan Ole Norrback, center, at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.07.06.1988#6567088
A visit by a Finnish delegation to the USSR. Minister of Defense of the USSR, Army General Dmitry Yazov, 3rd right, and Soviet chief commanders greet Minister of Defense of Finland Johan Ole Norrback, 2nd left, at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.07.06.1988#6567086
Guards Major Vladimir Galunenko, a member of an aerobatic display team with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, later, the Strizhi (Swifts) Aerobatic Display Team, at home with his son Sergei.01.06.1988#8305356
Kubinka Air Force Base in the Moscow Region. Guards Major Vladimir Galunenko, a member of an aerobatic display team with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, later, the Strizhi (Swifts) Aerobatic Display Team, after competing a training flight in a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter.01.06.1988#8305355
Tu-95 Soviet-Russian turboprop strategic missile carrier bomber. Tu-95K-22 in flight.01.06.1988#3141490
A Mikoyan MiG-29 Soviet multi-purpose jet fighter aircraft during landing. Airfield of the Flight Research Institute of the USSR Ministry of Aviation (now Gromov Flight Research Institute) in Zhukovsky.16.05.1988#6722576
Test pilot Anatoly Kvochur after a MiG-29 test flight. Airfield of the Flight Research Institute of the USSR Ministry of Aviation (now Gromov Flight Research Institute) in Zhukovsky.16.05.1988#6722572
A delegation of Syrian cosmonauts in the USSR. President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Gury Ivanovich Marchuk during a meeting with the Syrian cosmonauts. At the table, from left: Gen. Abdalla Al Jorf, cosmonaut Mohammad Faris and a backup cosmonaut Munir Habib.11.05.1988#5500157
A delegation of Syrian astronauts in the USSR. General Abdullah Al-Jorf is seen speaking at a meeting with Soviet scientists. From left, sitting at the table: President of the USSR Academy of Sciences Gury Marchuk, Syrian astronaut Mohammed Faris and his backup pilot Munir Khabib.11.05.1988#5500154
Limited contingent of Soviet troops' stay in Afghanistan. During the reconnaissance operation, special task force destroyed an enemy caravan and got hold of the man portable air defense system Stinger.05.05.1988#5813105
Limited contingent of Soviet troops' stay in Afghanistan. A mechanized unit of Soviet troops.05.05.1988#5813104
Limited contingent of Soviet troops' stay in Afghanistan. During the reconnaissance operation, special task force destroyed an enemy caravan and got hold of the man portable air defense system Stinger.05.05.1988#5813099
Interview with an ex-POW taken by the Soviet Army during the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945, a former radio man of a German air unit Gerhard Schliphacke.01.04.1988#5681119
Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988). Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand, center, and his backup Mohammad Dauran in the cockpit of a simulator spacecraft.02.03.1988#6610592
Deputy Defense Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Defense Ivan Tretyak meets with Japanese journalists.25.02.1988#3324851
Deputy Defense Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Defense Ivan Tretyak meets with Japanese journalists.25.02.1988#3324850
Deputy Defense Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Defense Ivan Tretyak meets with Japanese journalists.25.02.1988#3324849
Deputy Defense Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Defense Ivan Tretyak meets with Japanese journalists.25.02.1988#3324848
Soviet Deputy Defense Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Air Defense Ivan Tretyak.25.02.1988#3324847
Alexei Prokhorov, Major General of aviation, two-time Hero of the Soviet Union, teacher of the Mikhail Frunze Military Academy.10.01.1988#5597825
