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An aerial view of Ka-27 Helix helicopters parked on the stern section of the flight deck of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103). Crewmen are visible behind the jet blast deflectors

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Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Scene Camera Operator: LT P.J. Azzolina

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Cold War era aerial photographs of the Soviet Kiev class aircraft carriers made by US Navy pilots.

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01/06/1988
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Cold War: Soviet Aircraft Carriers

Aerial photographs of the Soviet Kiev class aircraft carriers
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label_outline Explore Helix Helicopters, Soviet Kiev Class Vstol Aircraft Carrier Baku, Ka 27 Helix

An aerial view of the stern section of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103) with a Ka-27 Helix helicopter on the left. Crewmen are also visible behind the jet blast deflectors

A Soviet Mi-14 Haze helicopter and a Soviet Kashin class guided missile destroyer (583) shadow salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL-007). The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island on August 30, 1983 in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed

Admiral Charles R. Larson, Commander in CHIEF, US Pacific Fleet, sits on the bridge of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser FRUNZE. Larson is in the Soviet Union with two US Navy ships, the guided missile cruiser USS PRINCETON (CG-59) and the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57), for a four-day goodwill visit

CHIEF of Naval Operations ADM Frank B. Kelso II listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Pentagon regarding the Navy's investigation of the April 19, 1989, explosion aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). After a review of all available evidence concerning the cause of the blast, the Navy's official conclusion is that the exact cause cannot be determined.

A flight deck crew member signals to the pilot of a Ka-27 Helix helicopter as it approaches the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) in preparation for landing aboard the vessel. The Helix is from the guided missile destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (BPD-554) which, along with the RANGER, is part of a multinational naval force participating in exercises in the region

STS101-721-066 - STS-101 - Earth observations taken during the STS-101 mission

Lance Cpl. David S. Shouse, a supply clerk with Headquarters

The bow of a Soviet Mirka II class light frigate (FFL 824) impacts the stern of the destroyer USS CARON (DD 970) as the American vessel exercises the right of free passage through the Soviet-claimed 12-mile territorial waters

Starboard view of a Soviet Victor III nuclear attack submarine. The submarine, seen from a Navy P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare aircraft, from Patrol Squadron 16, is approximately 470 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina and appears to be experiencing some sort of mechanical problems

A Russian Ka-27PS Helix-D helicopter becomes the first Russian aircraft to land on board the destroyer USS HAYLER (DD-997) during Phase 1 of exercise Baltic Operation '94. The HAYLER is the flagship of BALTOPS 94

A port bow view of the forward section of the frigate USS DAVIDSON (FF 1045) showing the Mark 30 5-inch/38-cal. gun and the Mark 16 anti-submarine rocket (ASROC) launcher. The ship is participating in a midshipmen's summer training cruise

Marines from 1ST Marine Division, 3rd Amphibious Armored Vehicle Battalion, act as opposing forces (OPFOR) driving Soviet MT-LB Multipurpose Armored Vehicle during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

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