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Russian Navy Naval Aviation Active Aircraft Inventory in Details as of March 2016.
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Russian Navy Il-38N Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Picture: Alex Beltyukov |
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Naval Aviation has also deployed 19 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
(ISR), search-and-rescue (SAR), electronic warfare (EW) and electronic
intelligence (ELINT) aircraft, including 12 Su-24MR (Fencer-E) and three
An-12PS (Cub), two Il-20RT (Coot A) and two Il-22 (Coot B) planes. The service also has a fleet of 54 military-transport and passenger aircraft. The aforementioned fleet comprises two An-12BK (Cub), one An-24RV (Coke), 27 An-26 (Curl), six An-72 (Coaler), two An-140, 10 Tu-134, two Tu-154M (Careless). The Naval Aviation has deployed four L-39 (Albatros) advanced training/light attack aircraft. According to the IISS` report, Russian Naval Aviation has a rotor-wing aircraft fleet of 185 helicopters. It comprises 83 anti-submarine warfare (63 Ka-27 (Helix) and 20 Mi-14 (Haze-A), eight electronic warfare (eight Mi-8SMV (Hip-J), two airborne early warning (two Ka-31R (Helix)), 56 search-and-rescue (16 Ka-27PS (Helix) and 40 Mi-14PS (Haze C)) and 36 transport (28 Ka-29 (Helix-B), four Mi-8T (Hip) and four Mi-8MT (Hip)) helicopters.- © Copyright 2015 TASS. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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