Russian Aircraft Datafile

03/10/99

Examples of aircraft suffix letters

Suffix           Russian description                                      Latin meaning

B                 Bombardirovshchik                                      Bomber
B                 Bak                                                            Tank (fuel)
BKL            B-Kolesnolyzhnyi                                 Bomber wheel/ski option
BM              Buksir Misheni                                            Target tug
bis               -                                                          (Latin literally 'encore')
D                 Dorobotanny                                        Modified (usually at depot level
                                                                               or original factory)
DPD            Dopelnitelnye Pod' yomnye Dvitgateli     Extra lifting engines
F                 Forsirovanny                                         Boosted
G                Gak                                                       Hook
I                  Istrebitel                                                Fighter
IG               Izmenyaemaya Geometriya                     Variable Geometry
K                Kommercheskij                                      Commercial (export)
K                Korabelniy                                             Shipborne (carrier)
K                Kran                                                      Crane
L                Lyogkij                                                   Lightened
M               Modifitsirovannyj                                    Modified
MP             Morskoy Palubnyi                                   Marine Carrier(-borne)
P                Perekhvatchik                                         Interceptor
S                Serijnij                                                    Series (production)
P                Pushka                                                   Cannon
PP              Postanovchik Pomiekh                            Electronic Jammer
SPS            Sduv Pogranichnovo Sloya                       Blown flaps
T                Tankovyi                                                Anti-tank
TB              Transportno-Boevoj                                Tactical transport
U                Uchebnyi                                                Trainer
UTI             Uchebno-Trenirovochnyi-Istrebitel           Instructional Fighter-Trainer

Russian aircraft nicknames (last updated 15th October 1999 2100GMT)

Su-27- Zhuralik : Crane   (The bird, idiot)
Su-25- Grach: Rook (or crow?) Because it is deadly and quite ugly.
MiG-29- 'Fulcrum' (apparently, same goes for Tu-95 'Bear')

Aircraft of Russia and of the former Soviet Union

Mikoyan Guervich MiG-29 Fighter 'Fulcrum-A/C'
Sukhoy Su-25 Attack Aircraft 'Frogfoot-A'
Sukhoy Su-27 Interceptor 'Flanker-A'
Sukhoy Su-30 Interceptor 'Flanker-C'
Sukhoy Su-35/37 Interceptor 'Flanker-E'

Regiments -1992
(Courtesy of Aviation.ru)

Regiments -1999
(under compilation)