Alfred Fartknocker:
Two guys work on the tail rotor of VVS Russia operated Mi-8AMTSh, RF-91200/ 54 red at Ekaterinburg. The other one is RF-91283/ 50 red.
Alfred Fartknocker:
A Russian Navy IL-22 Bizon taxies out at Novosibirsk. RF-75317 is painted "IL-18" near the cockpit, but it is no ordinary 'COOT'.
Alfred Fartknocker:
A bunch of Kazahstan AF MiG-29s in a revetment at Shymkent. 40 & 41 red are UB two seaters- note the lack of a radar nose- 'FULCRUM-B'. 15 red is a single seater 'FULCRUM-A'.
Alfred Fartknocker:
This Azerbaijan Government A319CJ is normally found at Baku. Here it is visiting Astana, Kazakhstan. C/n 2487 was previously 4K-AI02 before becoming the much catchier 4K-8888. It's also known as 'Baku 2', although I can't see any '2'.
Alfred Fartknocker:
The Russians like to use this amazing turquoise/ aquamarine colour on their instrument panels. This is A Mi-24 'HIND' helicopter.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Russian Navy An-26, RF-46876/ 59 blue, rests at Kazan in Tartistan.
Alfred Fartknocker:
A line of 6 MiG-31BMs at Novosibirsk, headed by RF-90903/ 20 red, but with RF-90902 and 90901 alongside..
Alfred Fartknocker:
A Kazakh Emercom MI-8 flies at Kyzylorda, in Southern Kazakhstan.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Polish AF C-130E, 1504 visits Astana. Special marks to commemorate 100 years of the Polish AF.
Alfred Fartknocker:
RA-22747 is an Mi-8AMT. Note the Tu-104 in the background about to board the passengers.
Alfred Fartknocker:
This is where the Russian AF park some of their helicopters, at Novosibirsk, Siberia.
Alfred Fartknocker:
A flight of fully armed MiG-31BM 'FOXHOUND' long range interceptors shiver at Novosibirsk during the freezing Siberian Winter. 764 IAP sent RF-92349/ 27 blu, RF-92159/ 29 blu & RF-92158/ 30 blu.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Me. And my shadow......
Alfred Fartknocker:
This Whopper of a Chopper is an Mi-6A 'HOOK'. '22 red' is preserved in Kiev.
Alfred Fartknocker:
This luridly camoflaged Mi-171E flies for the National Guard of Kazakhstan . It may be at the disposal of the President, but not exactly sure.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Kazakhstan border guards have this An-74 'COALER'. Nice looking thing.
Alfred Fartknocker:
This Antonov An-24 'COKE' is seen on a turnaround at Astana, Kazakhstan. UP-AN422 is the 22nd An-24 on the KZ register and is ex UN-47284 & CCCP-47284.
Alfred Fartknocker:
There's always a few Mi-8 scattered around at Yekaterinburg, Russia. This one is an Mi-8MTV-1 (MTB-1 in cyrillic characters), RF-31133. It's operated by the Ministry for Emergency Situations.
Alfred Fartknocker:
This old Mi-2 'HOPLITE' is clearly ex Russian AF. It was abandoned at Kyzylorda in Kazakhstan, but I never managed to identify it.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Impressive display by Kazakh Mi-35M at KADEX 2018.
Alfred Fartknocker:
45 red is an Armed Forces of Kazakhstan Mi-171Sh.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Kazakh Border Guards have a bunch of these new Mi-171Sh helicopters. This is 11 yellow at Ust-Kaminogorsk, in the East of the country.
Alfred Fartknocker:
I was lucky to be passing by on the day that this MiG-29 'FULCRUM' was being put on display. It's in the beautiful town of Pushkin, South of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), in Russia.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Kazakh Border guards Mi-171Sh on approach at Astana. 17 yellow.
Alfred Fartknocker:
11 yel lands in Kazakhstan. Mi-171Sh.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Every year the PLAAF and VVS hold some joint exercises. This China AF IL-76 was one of the participents in 2018. 21145 is probably a secondhand TD- nobody really knows. It's at Yekaterinburg in this pic.
Alfred Fartknocker:
One of a pair of AW-139s, detached temporarily to Kazakhstan from the United Arab Emirates
Alfred Fartknocker:
Mean looking Russia AF Mi-8, RF-04478/ 33 yel at Sverdlovsk.
Alfred Fartknocker:
A Russki AF IL-76MD visits us in snowy Astana. RA-78816 is no civvy jet. It's with 224 Sqn, Russki AF.
Alfred Fartknocker:
A pair of Yak-42 'CLOBBER' regional jets receive attention at Ust-Kamenogorsk in Eastern Kazakhstan. UP-Y4204 & UP-Y4214 are the fourth and fourteenth Yak-42s on the KZ register.
