Funny, they blur the RF and Bort numbers, but the c/n is visible everywhere. So should be RF-90965 / 25508108048 out of action for the time being.
Engels Air Base, near Saratov is of course home to Russia's Big Bombers like Tu-95 and Tu-160's. (Ukraine once had inherited a fleet of Tu-160's, but scrapped them in difficult economic times (and did so with foreign backing))Glidepath wrote: ↑14 Mar 2022, 11:29 The recent strike on (west) Ukraine with 30 or more cruise-missiles refer to them as beining air lauched types, using bomber aircraft coming from RUSAF Saratov airbase, and launching their weapons without entering Ukrainian airspace.
Think Hammero can fill us in on who & what is operating from that airbase. :
'new': The Antonav aircraft plant suffering from attacks, not just the airfield, but the plant buildings in particular. (with deaths reported)
A Tu-95, but that was probably what you meant Fred!FredL wrote: ↑14 Mar 2022, 19:00 One scraped one is stil visible (in pieces) on Google map's picture, on the Southern parking of Mykolaiev airport.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/46%C2 ... 32.0838474
Oups ! Indeed, Tu-95Fishbed_9307 wrote: ↑14 Mar 2022, 21:06A Tu-95, but that was probably what you meant Fred!FredL wrote: ↑14 Mar 2022, 19:00 One scraped one is stil visible (in pieces) on Google map's picture, on the Southern parking of Mykolaiev airport.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/46%C2 ... 32.0838474
I noticed the same indeed. Rather short sighted of the Russians (like many other actions during this war).
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