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

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

A view of Ka-27 Helix helicopters and covered Yak-36 Forger aircraft on the flight deck aboard the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier Baku (CVHG-103)

An aerial bow view of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103) underway. Three Ka-27 Helix helicopters are parked on the flight deck

An aerial view of Ka-27 Helix helicopters parked on the flight deck of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103)

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A view of Ka-27 Helix helicopters and covered Yak-36 Forger aircraft on the flight deck aboard the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier Baku (CVHG-103)

An aerial view of the aft portion of the island superstructure of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103). A Ka-27 Helix helicopter and covered Yak-36 Forger aircraft are parked on the flight deck

An aerial view of radar equipment on the aft portion of the island superstructure of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103). Radar installations on the Baku exhibit extensive technological changes from the other three Kiev class carriers. A Ka-27 Helix helicopter is parked on the flight deck

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

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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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The U.S. National Archives
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