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The list of aircraft carriers of the Soviet Union and Russia includes all aircraft carriers built by, proposed for, or in service with the naval forces of either the Soviet Union or Russia. Although listed as aircraft carriers, none of them (with the exception of the never-built Ulyanovsk) is a "true" aircraft carrier (supercarrier ...
The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific ... Russian Navy. Kuznetsov class. RFS Admiral Kuznetsov;
An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, hangar and facilities for arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. [1] ... Russia Russian Navy: 1 ...
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov") is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that has served as the flagship of the Russian navy.
The Russian Navy was reestablished in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR), most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred over to Russia (with the exception of Varyag which was transferred to Ukraine.
Russia: Jet: Fighter Carrier-based: 1998: 35-48+ 35-48+ [1] [106].Calculated based on 2 squadrons and including training fighters, there are approximately 48 or more aircraft. Mikoyan MiG-29K Russia: Jet: Multirole Carrier-based: 2010: 22-48+ 22-48+ [61] 19 MiG-29KR and 3 MiG-29KUBR in service. [1].Calculated based on 2 squadrons and including ...
The Kiev class of Soviet aircraft carriers was deployed in the late 1970s and carried up to 30 aircraft including Yak-38 VTOL fighters. The next class of Soviet aircraft carriers, named the Admiral Kuznetsov class, supported more conventional aircraft such as the Su-33 "Flanker-D" and the MiG-29 "Fulcrum". [4]
Category:Aircraft carriers of the Soviet Union; Category:Aircraft carriers of Ukraine; and: Category:Aircraft carriers of the Soviet Navy (to 1992) Category:Aircraft carriers of the Russian Navy (from 1992)