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An aerial view of RBU-6000 anti-submarine warfare support weapons on the bow of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

An aerial view of RBU-6000 anti-submarine warfare support weapons and SS-N 12 missile launchers on the bow of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

An aerial view of RBU-6000 anti-submarine warfare support weapons and SS-N-12 missile launchers on the bow of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

An aerial view of SS-N-12 missile launchers on the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

A port bow view of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103) underway

An aerial view of SS-N 12 missile launchers and 100 mm dual-purpose guns on the bow of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

An aerial view of SS-N-12 missile launchers and a 100 mm dual-purpose gun on the bow of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

A port bow view of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103) underway

A port view of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103) underway

An aerial view of RBU-6000 anti-submarine warfare support weapons on the bow of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

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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rbu warfare weapons warfare support weapons bow soviet kiev vstol aircraft carrier baku soviet kiev class vstol aircraft carrier baku cvhg aerial view soviet military power soviet navy anti submarine warfare aircraft carrier soviet union high resolution mediterranean sea mediterranean region submarine us national archives
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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 Rbu, Soviet Kiev Class Vstol Aircraft Carrier Baku, Cvhg

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

A U.S. Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to the"Nightdippers"of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 5, departs the flight deck aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) during turnover with the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) in the Red Sea, Oct. 31, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Dale Miller) (Released)

A starboard quarter view of the Soviet Passat Class Civilian Research Ship PRIBOY

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

US Army SPECIALIST Michael Boguth, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, demonstrates one of the four firing positions of a AT-4 (Anti-tank Variation Four); the sitting position. The others are standing, kneeling and another sitting position. The class was given at Range #6 just outside of Mogadishu Airport. Straight on shot of an abandoned and dilapidated building with overturned Soviet trucks inside. The building is located at an abandoned Soviet Base north of Sword Base and is being prepared for destruction. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Soviet Sailors perform a traditional Russian dance for the large crowd of American Sailors gathered on the decks of the Replenishment Oiler USS MILWAUKEE (AOR 2). Three Soviet ships are in Norfolk for a five-day goodwill visit. The Guided Missile Cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088), the Guided Missile Destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434) and the Replenishment Oiler GENRIKH GASANOV are the first Soviet naval vessels to visit an American military port

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A port bow view of the Soviet Kresta II class guided missile cruiser Admiral Yumashev underway

A combined US and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) task group steams in formation at the close of the at-sea portion of the Singapore phase of COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING (CARAT). The task group consists of (from left to right): US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS RUSSELL (DDG 59); USN Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43); Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Lurssen FPB 45 Class Fast Attack Craft Missile RSS SEA WOLF; RSN Landing Ship Tank (LST) RSS RESOLUTION; USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS McCAMPBELL (DDG 85); RSN Victory Class Corvette RSS VICTORY; RSN Fearless Class Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)...

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A port bow view of the Soviet Moma class intelligence collection ship SELIGER underway during NATO exercise Northern Wedding '86

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