• Source: Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Aircraft designations

This is a Glossary of acronyms used for aircraft designations in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.




Terms



2I-N1
2 Istrebitel – N1 – two-seat fighter with Napier engine see DI-1
2MG
2 Motor Gelikopter – twin-engined helicopter
AK
Artilleriskii Korrektirovshchik – artillery correction
AO
Aeroopylitel – air duster Po-2
AP
Aeropyl – air dust Po-2
ARK
ARKtichyeskii - arctic
ARK-Z
-
ASh
Arkadiy Shvetsov-led engine design bureau prefix, coming from the OKB-19 bureau
ASK
Amfibiya Severnogo Kraya – amphibian for northern territory
BB
Blizhnii Bombardirovshchik – short-range bomber
BDD
Bombardirovshchik D D - Bolkhovitnov
BDP
Boyevoi Desantnyi Planer – troops assault glider
BI
Blizhniy Istrebitel – short-range fighter
BMP
- towed mine glider
BOK
-
BOP
-
BPB
Blizhniy Pikiruyushchiy Bombardirovshchik – short-range dive bomber
BS
-
BSB
-
BskhS
-
BSh
Bronirovannyy Shturmovik – armoured ground attack aircraft
CCB
see TsKB
D
1. - two-seat fighter
2. Dalnost - distance/range
DB
1. Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik – long-range bomber
2. Dnevnoi Bombardirovshchik – day bomber
DB-A
Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-A – long-range bomber, academy
DB-LK
Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-LK -
DBSh
-
DD
suffix Dauhl'niy Deystviya - long-range
DDBSh
Dauhl'niy Dvuhkmestny Bronirovannyi Shturmovik - long-range two-seat close support aircraft
DDI
-
DG
-
DI
Dvukhmesnyy Istrebitel' - two-seat fighter
DIP
Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel Pushechny – two-seat cannon fighter
DIS
1. Dvukhmotortnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyenyia – twin-engined escort fighter
2. Dalnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyeniya – (ДИС, Дальний истребитель сопровождения – long-range escort fighter)
DIT
Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel T - two-seat fughter - 2-seat shturmovik version of I-152
DKL
Dvukhmotornyi Krayenoi Linyeinyi - regional airliner
DKPV
-
DP
Dal'niy Perekhvahtchik – long-range interceptor
DPT
- long-range glider torpedo
DR
Dvigatel' [izdeliye] R [Tu-4] – engine test-bed [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for engine test aircraft.
DSB
Dnevnoy Skorosnoy Bombardirovshchik - fast day bomber
DVB
Dalnyi Vysotnyi Bombardirovshchik – long-range high-altitude bomber
E
Eksperimentalnyi - experimental
EA
Eksperimentalnyi Apparat – experimental apparatus – usually prefixed by a number
ED
Eksperimental Dvigatyel – experimental engine
EG
Eksperimentalnyi Gelikopter – experimental helicopter
EI
Eksperimentalyni Istribetel – experimental fighter
EOI
Eksperimentalyni Odnomyestnyi Istribetel – experimental single-seat fighter
FI
Frontovoy Istrebitel – frontal fighter
FS
Foto Samolyet – Photographic aircraft
G
Gelikopter – helicopter
GASN
Gidro-Aeroplan Spetsialno Naznachyeniya – seaplane special destination
GLL
Giperzvukovya letayuschchaya Laboratoriya – hypersonic flying laboratory
GM
-
GST
Gidro Samolyet Transportnaya – hydro aircraft transport – pby-1 Catalina
I
1. Izdeliye - product or article
2. Istrebitel' – fighter
IB
-
Istrebitel-Bombardirovschik - fighter bomber / strike fighter
IDD
Istrebitel' Dahl'nevo Deystviya – long-range fighter
IgA
-
IKh
-
IL
Istrebitel' [s dvigatelem] Liberty [moschnost'yu] 400 [loshadinykh sil] - fighter with a 400hp Liberty engine Polikarpov IL-400
IOP
Istrebitel' odnomestny Pushechnyi – single-seat cannon fighter
IP
Istrebitel' Pushyechnii – fighter, cannon
IS
1. Istrebitel' Skladnoi – folding fighter
2. Istrebitel' Soprovozhdyeniya – escort fighter
3. Istrebitel' Sylvanskii – fighter Sylvanskii
ISh
Istrebitel' Shturmovik – fighter attack
IT
Istrebitel' Tyazhelyi – heavy fighter
ITP
Istrebitel' Tyazhelyi Pushechnyi – heavy fighter with cannon
IVS
Istrebitel' VyisokoSkorostnyi – high speed fighter
I-Z
Izdeliye Z - project Z
K
1. -
2. Koor'yerskiy - courier
KhB
Khimichyevskii Boyevik – chemical fighter
KOR
Korabelnii O Razvedchik – shipboard catapult reconnaissance
KPIR
-
KR
1. Korabelniy Razvedchik – (корабельный разведчик - Shipboard Reconnaissance)
2. Katapul'tiruyemoye Kreslo [izdeliye] R [Tu-4] – ejection seat test-bed [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for ejection seat test aircraft.
3. Kreiser Razvyedchik - cruiser reconnaissance)
KSM
- Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft
KT
Kr'lya Tank – flying tank
LAKM
-
LAL
Летающая Атомная Лаборатория - letayuschchaya ahtomnaya laboratoriya - flying nuclear laboratory
LB
Legkii Bombardirovshchik – light bomber
LB-2LD
Legkii Bombardirovshchik-2LD – light bomber with 2 lorraine-Dietrich engines
LBS
Legkii Bombardirovshchik Sparka – light bomber, two seater
LBSh
Legkii Bronirovannyi Shturmovik – (ЛБШ, Легкий бронированный штурмовик – light armored attack aircraft)
LEM
Lev Pavlovich Malinovski- 1930s director of NTU-GVF
LIG
Leningradskii Institoot Grazdahnskovo Vozdooshnovo Flota- Leningrad Institute civil air fleet
LK
1. Legkii Kreiser – light cruiser
2. Leningradskii Kombinat – Leningrad combine
LKhS
- light utility transport 1994
LL
Letayuschchaya Laboratoriya - flying laboratory
LM
-
LNB
-
LR
Legkii Razvedchik – (ЛР, Легкий разведчик – light reconnaissance)
LS
Laminarnyi Sloi – laminar layer
LSh
Lyegkii Shturmovik – (ЛШ, Легкий штурмовик – light attack)
LT
Letayushchiy Tank – flying tank
LTDD
-long-range flying torpedo
M
Mishen – [radio-controlled] target radio-controlled versions of production aircraft had the OKB designation replaced with M, thus the RC target Il-28 became the M-28
MA
Mestnaya Amfibiya – regional amphibian
MAK
-
MB
-
MBR
Morskoi Blizhnii Razvedchik – marine short-range reconnaissance
MDR
Morskoi Dalnii Razvedchik – marine long-range reconnaissance
MDRT
Morskoi Dalnii Razvedchik Torpedonosyets – (МДРТ, Морской дальний разведчик-торпедоносец – long-range sea recon/torpedo bomber)
MER
-
MG
-
MGS
Mnogotselevoy Gruzovoy Samolet - multi-role cargo aircraft
MI
-
MIIT
-
MK
Morskoi Kreiser – sea cruiser
MM
Morskoi Minonosyets – marine mine carrier
MMN
-
MMSh
Malya Mod Shturmovik – experimental engine attacker
MP
1. Motor Planer – motor glider
2. Morskoi Passazhirskii – naval passenger transport
3. Morskoi Podvesnoi – marine suspended
MPI
1. Mnogomestnyi Pushyechnyi Istrebitel – (МПИ, Многоместный пушечный истребитель – multi-seat cannon fighter)
2. Morskoi Poplavkovyi Istrebitel – sea floatplane fighter
MR
Morskoi Razvedchik – naval reconnaissance
MRL
Morskoi Razvedchik Liberty – naval reconnaissance, Liberty engine
MS
Morskoi Samolyet – naval aircraft
MSh
-
MT
Morskoi Torpedonosyets – naval torpedo carrier
MTB
Morskoi Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik – naval torpedo carrier-bomber
MTBT
Morskoi тяжелый Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik – (МТБТ, Морской тяжелый бомбардировщик-торпедоносец – Heavy sea bomber/torpedo bomber)
MU
Morskoi Uchyebnii – naval trainer
MUR
Morskoi Uchyebnii Rhone – naval trainer, Rhone engine
N
-
NAK
Nochno-artillerisykyi Korrektirovshchik – night artillery observer
NB
Nochnoi Bombardirovshchik – night bomber
NBB
Nochnoy Blizhniy Bombardirovshchik – short-range night bomber
NK
-
OBSh
Odnomestnyi Bronirovanny Shturmovik (ОБШ, Одноместный бронированный штурмовик – single-seat armored attack aircraft)
ODB
-
ODBSh
Odnomestnyi Dvukhmotorny Bronirovanny Shturmovik – single-seat twin-engined armoured attack aircraft
OKB
-
OKO
-
OPB
Odnomestnyi Pikiryushchyi Bombardirovshchik - (ОПБ, Одноместный пикирующий бомбардировщик – single-seat dive bomber)
OPO
-
OSGA
- deck based aircraft
OSh
Odnomotornyi Shturmovik – single-engined attack
OSO
-
P
1. Perekhodnyi Pyervyi - intermediate
2. Passazheerskiy – passenger
P-Z
-
PB
1. Planer Bombardirovshchik – glider bomber
2. Pikiriyushchii Bombardirovshchik – dive bomber
PBSh
Pushechnyy Bronirovannyi Shturmovik (ПБШ, Пикирующий бронированный штурмовик – cannon-armed armoured assault aircraft)
PD
Perekhvatchik [s ToorboKompressorom] Dollezhalya – interceptor with a dollezhal' designed supercharger
PI
Pushechnii Istrebitel – cannon fighter
PL
Passazhirskii Leningrad – passenger transport Leningrad
PM
Passazhirskii Maybach – passenger transport Maybach engine
PR
-
PS
1. Passazheerskiy Samolyot – airliner / passenger aircraft
2. Proxrachnyy Samolyot – transparent aircraft
PSN
Planer Spetsial'no Naznachenaya – glider for special purposes
PT
-
PVRD
-
R
1. Razvedchik – reconnaissance
2. Reaktivnii - jet
RB
Razvedchik-Bombardirovshchik – reconnaissance-bomber
RD
Rekord Dalnosti – long distance record aircraft
RDD
Rekord Dalnost Diesel'nyi – diesel-engined long-range record aircraft
RD-VV
-
RF
Rot front – Red Front
RG
-
RGP
-
RK
1. Razreznoye Krylo – slotted wing
2. Razdvizhnoye Krylo – extending wing
RK-I '
Razdvizhnoye Krylo - Istrebitel – extending wing fighter
RM
-
RMK
-
ROM
Razvedchik Otkrytogo Morya – reconnaissance open sea
RP
1. -
2.Raketnyy Plahner – rocket-powered glider
RShR
-
RSR
-
RV
Rekord Vysoty – record height
RVZ
-
R-Z
-
S
1. Skorostnoi - speedy
2. Sparka – twin / coupled
3. Samolet - aircraft
4. Strelovidnoye [krylo] – swept wings
SB
Russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик - Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik - high speed bomber,
SBB
-
SB-RK
-
SDB
1. Skorostnyi Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik – high-speed day bomber
2. Strategicheskiy Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik – strategic long-range bomber
SE
-
SEN
Samolyot Yefremova i Nadiradze – Yefremova and Nadiradze's aircraft UT-2N
SG
Samolet Gonochnii - Racing Aeroplane
Sh
Shturmovik – attack
ShB
1. Shturmovik Bombardirovshchik – ShB (ШБ, Штурмовик-бомбардировщик – attack/bomber)
2. Shturmovik Brovirovanny – armoured attack aircraft
ShBM
-
ShM
-
Sh-MAI
-
ShON
Shturmovik Osobogo Naznachyeniya – (ШОН, Штурмовик особого назначения – special purpose attack aircraft)
ShR
Shassi [izdeliye] R – undercarriage [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for bicycle u/c test aircraft.
ShS
Shtabnoi Samolet – staff aeroplane
SI
-
SK
Skorostnii Krylo – high-speed wing
SKB
- Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft
SKF
Sanitarnyi Kabina Filatov – ambulance cabin
SKh
Syel'skolkhozyaistyennyi - agricultural
SKIP
Samoletnyy Komandno-Izmeritel'nyy Punkt – airborne measuring and control point Beriev Samolyot 976
SL
-
SM
-
SON
Samolet Osobogo Naznachyeniya – aircraft special/personal assignment
SP
1. Spetzprimeneniya or Spetsialno Primeneniya – special purposes
2. Stratosfernyi Plane – stratospheric glider
SPB
Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik – (СПБ, Скоростной пикирующий бомбардировщик – high-speed dive bomber)
SPB/D
Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik / D – fast dive bomber / D
SPBP
Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikPoplavkii – fast dive bomberfloat
SPBBSB
Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikBSB – fast dive bomber -
SPD
Samolet Passazheerskiy Dal'niy - long-range passenger aircraft???? - (Ilyushin Il-18)
SPL
1. Svyazno Passazhirskii L – liaison passenger
2. Samolyet dlya Podvodnikh Lodok – aeroplane for submarine boats
SPS
Skorostnoi Passazhirskii Samolet – high-speed passenger aircraft
SR
skorstnoi Razvedchik – (СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance)
SRB
Skorostnoi Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik – high-speed reconnaissance-bomber
SS
Stratosfernii Samolyet – stratospheric aircraft
SSS
Skoropodyemnyi Skorotrelnyi – speedster, high-speed lift, fast-shooter
STI
-
SUVP
Samolyet UrkVozdukhPut – aircraft Ukrainian civil aviation authority
SVB
Samolet Vozdushnogo Boya – aircraft for air combat
T
1. Torpedonosyets – torpedo carrier
2. Treugol'noye(треугольный) [krylo] - triangular wing
TA
Transportnaya Amfibiya – transport amphibian
TAF
Transportnaya Amfibiya Fotografichyeskii – transport amphibian, photographic
TB
Tyazholyy Bombardirovshchik – heavy bomber
TI
Treneirovochni Istrebitel (ТИ, Тренировочный истребитель – trainer fighter)
TIS
Tyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya – heavy escort fighter
TISMA
Tyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya Mnogotsyelevoi -A – heavy escort fighter, multirole A
TK
Tjazholij Krejser - heavy cruiser
TOM
Torpedonosyets Otkrytogo Morya – (Торпедоносец открытого моря – Torpedo bomber for open seas)
TPK
- thick wing section
TRD
-
TS
Transportnyi Samolet – transport aircraft
TSh
Tyazheli Shturmovik – heavy attacker
TShB
-
TSK
- Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft - Pissarenko
U
uchebnyy - trainer
ULK
Universal'noye letayushchyeye Krylo – universal flying wing Grokhovskii G-37
UPB
Uchyebno-erekhodnoi Bombardirovshchik – training transitional bomber
UPO
-
UPS
Upravleniye Pogranichnym Sloyem – boundary layer control
UR
[sistema] oopravleniya [izdeliye] R – control [system] [product] R[Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation forpowered flying control system test aircraft.
USB
-
UT
Uchebno Trenirovochnyy - trainer
UTB
Uchebno Trenirovochnyy Bombardirovshchik – bomber trainer
UTI
Uchebno-trenirovochnyy Istrebitel' - fighter trainer
UTPB
Uchebno-trenirovochnyy Pikeeruyushchiy Bombardirovshchik – dive bomber trainer
VAT
- Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft
VB
-
VEK
-
VI
Vysotnyi Istrebitel – high altitude fighter
VIGR
-
VIT
Vozdushnyi Istrebitel Tankov – aerial tank fighter
VM
-
VM-T
Vladimir Myasischev-Transportnaya - Vladimir Myasischev - Transport
VNP
Vozdushnii Nabludatyelnii Punkt - aerial observation point
VO
-
VOP
-
VP
Vysotnyi Perekhvatchik – high altitude interceptor
VS
Vystavlyaet Samolyet – demonstration aircraft
VSI
VysokoSkorostnyi Istrebitel – high speed fighter
VT
-
VVA
-
Ye
Yedinitsa - one-off / single unit
Z
Zveno-link/flight
ZIG
-




OKB / Constructor Prefixes



ACh
Charomskii engines
AIR
Yakovlev in-house designations
An
Antonov
Ar
Arkhangyelskii
Be
Beriev
BI
Beresnyak - Isayev
-
Chelomey
Chye
Chyetverikov
DG
Grigorovich in-house designations
Gu
Gudkov
Il
Ilyushin
KTs
Koleznikov-Tsybin
La
Lavochkin
LaGG
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov
Li
Lisunov
MiG
Mikoyan i Guryevich
Mi
Mil
Mya
Myasischev
NK
Kuznetsov engines
NV
Nikitin in-house designations
Pe
Petlyakov
Po
Polikarpov
RAF
Rafaelyants in-house designations
Sh
Shavrov
Shchye
Shchyerbakov
Su
Sukhoi
Ts
Tsybin
Tu
Tupolev
Ya
Yakovlev in-house designations
Yak
Yakovlev
Yer
Yermolayev




Designation suffixes & prefixes




A
1. (suffix) Ahtomnyy – atomic, i.e. nuclear capable
2. (suffix) - assault
AK
1. (suffix) Artilleriskii Korrektirovshchik – artillery correction
2. (suffix) A [dlya podgotovki] Kosmonahvtov – A for cosmonaut training
AKS
(suffix) Apparatoora Kosmicheskoy Svyazi – space communications equipment
ALK
(suffix) Avtomatizeerovannaya [sistema] Lyotnovo Kontrolya – automatic flight check system
AS
(suffix) AS – Slovakian upgrade MiG-29AS
AT
(suffix) A Trahnsportnyy – A transport Il-18
AT-RD
(suffix) A Trahnsportnyy Reaktivnyye Dvigateli – A transport Jet engine
AT-U
(suffix) A Trahnsportnyy Ooskoriteli - A transport boosters
B
1. (suffix) Bombardirovshchik – bomber
2. (suffix) Biplahn - biplane
3. (suffix) B – second version MiG-31B
BI
(suffix) -
BK
(suffix) - MiG-23
BM
1. (suffix) B Modernizeerovannyy – B modernised MiG-31
2. (suffix) Beloroosskaya Modernizahtsiya – Belorussian upgrade MiG-29BM
3. (suffix) Booksirovshchik Misheney – target tug
BN
(suffix) -
BS
(suffix) B Stroyevaya [modernizahtsiya] – B in-service up-grade
BT
1. (suffix) BuksirTralshchik – towing minesweeper
2. (suffix) B Trahnsportnyy – B transport Il-18
B/R
(suffix) Bombardirovshchik-Razvedchik – bomber / reconnaissance
D
1. (suffix) Dahl'nomer - rangefinder
2. (suffix) - MiG-27
3. (suffix) - MiG-31D ASAT launcher
4. (suffix) Derevyannyy - wooden
5. (suffix) Dahl'niy - long-range
6. (suffix) Dorabotannya - revised
7. (suffix) Dvookhmesnyy - two-seat
DB
(suffix) Dahl'niy Bombardirovshchik - long-range bomber
DI
(suffix) Dahl'niy Istrebitel' - long-range
DM
(suffix) Dopolnitel'nyye Motor – supplementary engine
DORR
(suffix) [Samolyto] Dahl'niy Okeahnskiy Razvedchik Ryby – long-range ocean fishery reconnaissance aircraft
DP
(suffix) Dvukmestnyi Polutoplan – two-seat sesquiplane
DSR
(suffix) Dahl'niy Strategicheskiy Razvedchik – long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft
DTS
(suffix) Desahntno-Trahnsportnyy i Sanitarnyy – assault transport/ambulance
DU
(suffix) Dvoinyi Upravlenii – war control
DV
(suffix) - Pe-2DV
DZ
(suffix) DoZaprahvka – in-flight refuelling
E
1. (suffix) Ekranoplan – wing in ground effect
2. (suffix) Eksportnyy - export
3. (suffix) Eksperimentahl'nyy - experimental
F
1. (suffix) Forseerovannyy - uprated
2. (suffix) Fonar – canopy
3. (suffix) Fotograficheskiy – photo
4. (suffix) Fotorazvedchik - Photo-reconnaissance
FE
(suffix) Frontovoy Eksportnyy – frontal/tactical export MiG-31
FG
(suffix) FotokartGraficheskiy – photo survey / mapping
FK
(suffix) FotoKartgraficheskiy – photo mapping
FKM
(suffix) FotoKartgraficheskiy Modernizeerovannyy – photo mapping, modified
FKP
(suffix) FotoKartgraficheskiy Modernizeerovannyy Passazheerskiy – photo mapping, passenger
FL
(suffix) -
FN
(suffix) -
FT
(suffix) Frontovoye Trebovaniye – front-line request
FZ
(suffix) Frontovoye Zadaniye –
GGO
(suffix) Glavnaya Gheofizicheskaya Observatoriya – geophysical observatory
G
1. (suffix) Gak – hook arrestor hook equipped
2. (suffix) G - Germany MiG-29G German upgraded
3. (suffix) Ghidrosamolyot - floatplane
4. (suffix) Groozovoy – cargo
GK
1. (suffix) Gruzovymi Kassetami – underwing cargo container
2. (suffix) Germetichyeskoi Kabine – hermetic pressure cabin
Gr
(suffix) Groozovoy – cargo
GrM
(suffix) Groozovoy, Modernizeerovannyy – cargo, modified
GN
(suffix) Golos Nyeba – voice from the sky
GT
(suffix) GT – Germany upgraded trainer MiG-29GT German upgraded
I
1. (suffix) Indeeskiy - Indian
2. (suffix) Issledovatel'skiy – research
3. (suffix) Istrebitel – fighter
4. (suffix) Izrail'skoye [obroodovaniye] – Israeli [equipment]
IB
(suffix) Istrebitel Bombardirovshchik – fighter bomber
IS
(suffix) Istrebitel soprovozhdeniya – escort fighter
ISh
(suffix) Istrebitel' Shtoormovik – attack fighter
K
1. (suffix) - MiG-27
2. (suffix) Kabina – cabin
3. (suffix) Kommerchesky – commercial for export
4. (suffix) Kompleks [vo'oruzheniya – weapons [system]
5. (suffix) Konverteeruyennyy - convertible
6. (suffix) Korabelnyi – ship based
7. (suffix) Korotkonogii – short legged
8. (suffix) Korrektovovshchik – correction
9. (suffix) [dlya podgotovki] Kosmonahvtov – for cosmonaut training
KABB
(suffix) Kombineerovnannaya Artillerisko Bombardirovochnaya Batareya Mozharovskovo i Venevidova – combined gun/bomb battery spotter designed by Mozharovskiy and Venevidova
Kh
(suffix) Kholod - cold cryogenic fuel testbed
KR
1. (suffix) - MiG-27KR
2. (suffix) KorrektiRovschchik – artillery spotter
KU
(suffix) Korabel'nyy Oochebnyy – shipboard trainer
KUB
(suffix) Korabel'nyy Oochebno-Boyevoy – shipboard combat trainer MiG-29KUB
KVP
(suffix) Korotkiy Vzlyot Posahdka – short landing/STOL
L
1. (suffix) Laborotoriya – laboratory
2. (suffix) Lesozashchita – forestry protection
3. (suffix) Limuzin – cabin transport
4. (suffix) Lyuks – de Luxe
LIK
(suffix) Lytno-Ispytatel'nyy Kompleks – flight test complex
LL
(suffix) Letyushchaya Laborotoriya – flying laboratory
LL-PLO
(suffix) Letyushchaya Laborotoriya - Protivolodochnoy Obrony – flying laboratory – [ASW] anti submarine warfare
LNB
(suffix) Lyegkii Nochnoi Bomardirovshchik – light night bomber
LP
(suffix) LesopPozharnyy - forest patrol
LPL
(suffix) Lyezhachi Polozheni Lyetchik – prone position pilot
LR
(suffix) Ledovyy Razvedchik – ice reconnaissance
LS
(suffix)0 Limuzin Svyarznoi -
LSh
1. (suffix) Lyzhnoye Shassee – ski undercarriage

2. (suffix) Lyokhkiy Shtoormovik – light attack aircraft
MF
(suffix) -
M
1. (suffix) Manevreeruyushchaya - manoeuvering
2. (suffix) Mishen - target
3. (prefix) Mishen – [radio-controlled] target
4. (suffix) Morskoi - marine
5. (suffix) Modernizeerovannyy – up-dated/modernised
6. (suffix) Modifikatsirovanni - modified
7. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy – modified
8. (suffix) Morskoi - marine
9. (suffix) - meteorological
MD
1. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Dorabotannyy - modified, upgraded
2. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Dahl'niy - modified, long-range
ME
(suffix) Modernizeerovannyy Eksportnyy – up-dated/modernised export MiG-29ME
MF
(suffix) Modifikahtsya dlya Filipin – Philippines export version MiG-29MF
MGA
(suffix) Ministerstvo Grazhdahnskoy Aviahtsii – ministry of civil aviation Il-76MGA
MK
1. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy Konverteeruyemyy – modified, convertible Il-76MK
2. (suffix) Mekhanizeerovannoye Krylo – mechanised wings fitted with high lift devices
ML
(suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy - modified lightweight
MLA
(suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Ametist - modified lightweight fitted with Amethyst RADAR
MLD
(suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Dorabotannyy - modified lightweight, upgraded
MLDG
(suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Dorabotannyy, Gardeniya - modified lightweight, upgraded, [fitted with] Gardenia radar
MLG
(suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Gardeniya - modified lightweight, [fitted with] Gardenia radar
MLS
(suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, S - modified lightweight, S
MM
(suffix) Mahlovysotnaya Mishen - low-altitude target
MMSh
(suffix) Malya Mod Shturmovik – experimental engine attacker
MP
(suffix) - electronic countermeasures
MR
(suffix) MeteoRazvedchik – weather reconnaissance
MS
(suffix) -
MSh
(suffix) MiShen - target
MT
(suffix) -
MV
(suffix) Modifitseerovannyy Vo'oruzhonnyy – modified armed
MZ
(suffix) Modernizeerovannyy/Zaprahvshchik – modernised/tanker
N
1. (suffix) Nositel' [yadernovo oroozhiya] – [nuclear weapons] carrier
2. (suffix) Nositel' [spetsboyepripasa] – [special weapons] carrier
3. (suffix) N – [Malaysian export] MiG-29
4. (suffix) Nit – [fitted with] Nit'-S1[SLAR]
NAK
(suffix) NochnoArtilleriskyi Korrektovovshchik – night artillery correction
NUB
(suffix) N Uchebno-Boevoy –[Malaysian export] combat trainer MiG-29
OB
(suffix) Odnomestnyi Biplan – single-seat biplane
OES
(suffix) Opytnny Experimental'nyy Samolyot – prototype experimental aircraft
ON
1. (suffix) Odnomestnyi Nizkoplan – single-seat low-wing monoplane
2. (suffix) Osobogo Naznachyeniya – special/personal assignment
OP
(suffix) OPerahtorskiy [samolyot] – [camera] operators [aircraft]
ORR
(suffix) Okeahnskiy Razvedchik Ryby – ocean / fishery reconnaissance aircraft
OS
(suffix) Opyshyennyi Stabilizator – trimmed stabiliser
OVT
(suffix) Otklonyayemyy Vektor Tyaghi – thrust vector control
P
1. (suffix) Passazheerskiy – passenger
2. (suffix) Perkhvatchik' – interceptor
3. (suffix) Pushechnyy – cannon armed
4. (suffix) Pochtovyy [samolyot] – mailplane
5. (suffix) Poplavkii – floats
6. (suffix) Poolsa – stripe
7. (suffix) Pozharnyy – forestry protection
8. (suffix) Pererabotannyy - re-worked
PA
(suffix) Perkhvatchik' Aerostahtov – balloon interceptor
PB
(suffix) Planer Bombardirovshchik – glider bomber
PD
1. (suffix) Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny – interceptor modified
2. (suffix) Podyomnyye Dvigateli – lift engines
PDS
(suffix) Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny v Stroyoo – interceptor modified field-modified
PDZ
(suffix) Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny Zaprahvka – interceptor modified re-fuelling
PF
(suffix) - photo mapping
PFS
(suffix) -
PFU
(suffix) -
PFV
(suffix) -
PL
(suffix) ProtivoLodochnyy - Anti-submarine
PLO
(suffix) Protivolodochnoy Obrony – [ASW] anti submarine warfare
PM
1. (suffix) Pilotazhnyy Modifitseerovannyy – aerobatic modified
2. (suffix) Perekhvatchik' Modernizeerovannyy – interceptor modified
PMU
(suffix) Perekhvatchik' Modernizeerovannyy U – interceptor modified boosted
Polyarnyi
(suffix) polar
PP
1. (suffix) Postanovshchik Pomekh – ECM aircraft
2. (suffix) Protivopozharnyy – fire fighting
PPA
(suffix) Patanovchik Pamech Aktivni'i – comint and jamming platform
PRT
Poikovo-spasahtel'nyy Reaktivnyy [Ooskoritel'] Trahnsportnyy – SAR boosted transport
PS
1. (suffix) Pilotazhnyy Spetsiahl'nyy – aerobatic special
2. (suffix) Pilotazhnyy Samolyot – aerobatic aircraft
3. (suffix) Poiskovo-Spahtel'nyy – search and rescue
PT
(suffix) Perkhvatchik' Teplvaya golovka samonavedeniya – interceptor with IR seeker head
PVO
(suffix) Protivovozdushnaya Oborona – air defence
PVRD
(suffix) Pryamototchnyye Vozdooshno Reaktivnyye Dvigatel - ramjets
PU
(suffix) Perekhvatchik' Oochebnyy – interceptor trainer
PU-SOTN
(suffix) Perekhvatchik' Oochebnyy – Samolyot Optiko-Televizionnovo Nablyudeniya – interceptor trainer – optical/TV surveillance aircraft
PuVRD
(suffix) -
R
1. (suffix) - Mi-10
2. (suffix) Razvedchik – reconnaissance
3. (suffix) Reaktivnyy – jet propelled reaction engines
4. (suffix) Rekordnyi - record
RB
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik – reconnaissance bomber
RBK
RBF (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik [izdeliye 02]F – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance [fitted with 'Shar' sigint package in izdeliye02]F

(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Koob – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Koob' sigint package
RBN
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik Nochnoy – night reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance
RBS
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Sablya – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Sablya' SLAR
RBSh
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Shompol – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Shompol' sigint package
RBT
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Tangazh – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Tangazh' sigint package
RBV
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Virazh – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Virazh' sigint package
RBVDZ
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Virazh Dorabotannyy dlya Zapravki – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Virazh' sigint package and in flight refuelling
RBShDZ
(suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Shompol Dorabotannyy dlya Zapravki – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Shompol' sigint packageand in flight refuelling
RR
(suffix) Razvedchik Ryby – fisheries reconnaissance
RD
(suffix) Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – jet propelled engine
REB
(suffix) [Samolyot] RahdioElektronnoy Bor'byy – electronic countermeasures aircraft
REO
(suffix) [Samolyot] RahdioElektronnoye Oboroodovaniye – electronic equipment test-bed [aircraft]
REP
(suffix) RahdioElektronnoye Protivodeystviye - ECM Electronic Counter-Measures [aircraft]
RLD
(suffix) Rahdio Lokatsionnyy Dozor – radar picket
RM
(suffix) [samolyot] Razvedchik, Modifitseerovannyy – modified reconnaissance aircraft
RP
(suffix) - fisheries reconnaissance
RR
(suffix) [samolyot] Radiotsionnyy Razvedchik – radiation intelligence [aircraft]
RRV
(suffix) Radiotsionnyy Razvedchik Vysotnyy – radiation intelligence [aircraft], high altitude
RT
1. (suffix) Reaktivnyy [ooskoritel'] Trahnsportnyy - jet booster transport
2. (suffix) ReTranslyator – relay installation
RTL
(suffix) ReTranslyator Laborotoriya – relay installation laboratory
RTR
(suffix) [Samolyot] RahdioTekhnicheskoy Razvedki – electronic reconnaissance aircraft
RU
(suffix) Razvedchik Oochebnyy – reconnaissance aircraft, trainer
RV
1. (suffix) Razvedchik Vysotnyy – reconnaissance aircraft, high altitude
2. (suffix) Reaktivnyy [Ooskoritel'] V – boosted V An-24RV
S
1. (suffix) - MiG-29S
2. (suffix) Salon – vip aircraft
3. (suffix) Sanitarnyy - medical
4. (suffix) Sapfeer – [fitted with] Sapfeer [radar]
5. (suffix) Sereeynyy / Serinyi -series / production
6. (suffix) Stabilizator - stabiliser
7. (suffix) Strelovidnoye [krylo] – swept wings
SAU
(suffix) Sistema Avtomaticheskovo Oopravleniya – [fitted with] automatic control system
SD
(suffix) S Dozaprahvka – S in-flight refuelling MiG-29SD
SDB
(suffix) Skorostnyi Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik – high-speed day bomber
SDK
(suffix) Samolyot-Dooblyor Komety – Kometa missilemanned analogue MiG-17SDK
SE
(suffix) S Eksportnyy – S export MiG-29SE
Sh
(suffix) Shturmovik - attack
ShS
(suffix) Shatbnoi Samolyet – staff aeroplane
ShT
(suffix) Shtabnoy Trahnsportnyy – Staff/HQ transport
SIP
(suffix) Samolyotnyy Izmeritel'nyy Poonkt – airborne measuring station
SK
1. (suffix) Spetsiahl'nyy Komahndnyy [samolyot] – special command [aircraft]
2. (suffix) Samolyotnyy Komahndno-[izmeritel'nyy poonkt] – airborne [measuring and] control [point] ULL-76 / ULL-76-02
SKh
(suffix) Sel'skoKhozyaistvennyy - agricultural sprayer/duster
SL
(prefix) Samolyot-Laboratoriya – laboratory aircraft Leninets re-designated their research aircraft with the prefix SL, thus the Il-18SL was probably more correctly designated the SL-18A
SM
(suffix) S Modernizeerovannyy - S modernised MiG-29SM
SMT
(suffix) S Modernizeerovannyy Toplivo – up-dated/modernised, fuel Mig-29SMT
SMV
(suffix) - border surveillance Mi-8
SO
Salon Obslooga – VIP service personnel
SOLF
(suffix) Spetsializeerovannyy Oftal'mologicheskiy Letayushchiy Filiahl – specialised ophthalmic [surgery] flying branch office
SP
(suffix) SpetzPrimeneniya or Spetsialno Primeneniya – special purposes

(СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance)
SSS
(suffix) Skoropodyemnyi SkoroStrelnyi – speedster, high-speed lift, fast-shooter
stk
(suffix) [izdeliye S] trenirov-ochnoy Katapool'toy – training ejection system UTI-MiG-15stk
SU
(suffix) Spahrennoye Oopravleniye – dual controls
T
1. (suffix) Tankovyi – tank buster
2. (suffix) Tahksi - taxi
3. (suffix) Teplovaya [glovka Samonavedeniya] – Infra-Red seeker
4. (suffix) Toplivo - fuel
5. (suffix) Torpedonosyets – torpedo carrier
6. (suffix) Trahnsportnyy – transport
7. (suffix) Trenirovochnyy – proficiency trainer
8. (suffix) Tryokhkolyosnoye Shasee – tri-cycle undercarriage
9. (suffix) Tyazhelovo'oruzhonny – heavily armed
10. (suffix) Treugol'noye(треугольный) [krylo] - triangular wing
TB
1. (suffix) Trahnsportno-Booksirovshchik – transport / glider tug
2. (suffix) - Mil Mi-8TB
TBK
(suffix) - Mil Mi-8TBK
TD
(suffix) Trahnsportno-Desahntnyy – transport / assault aircraft
TG
1. (suffix) Trahnsportno-Groozovoy – transport / cargo
2. (suffix) - LPG powered Mi-8
TK
1. (suffix) – anti-tank
2. (suffix) - thin wing
3. (suffix) Trahnsportnyy, Konverteeruyemyy – convertible passenger/cargo
4. (suffix) ToorboKompressorom - turbo-charged
TKGK
(suffix) ToorboKompressorom Ghermeticheskoy Kabinoy - turbo-charged [engine], hermetically sealed cabin
TM
(suffix) Torpedonosets Modifitseerovannyy – modified torpedo bomber
TS
(suffix) Trahnsportno-Sanitarnyy – transport / medical
TP
1. (suffix) Torpedonosets Poplavkovyy – Torpedo carrier floatplane
2. (suffix) Trahnsportno-Paasazheerskiy – cargo / passenger
TV
(suffix) Trahnsportnyy V – transport V
U
1. (suffix) Uchebnyi (Учебный - "Trainer")
2. (suffix) Uloochshennyy – improved
UD
(suffix) Oosovershenstvovannyy, Dereviannyy - improved, wooden
UF
(suffix) Oochebnyy Fotosoprovozhdeniye – trainer-photographic support
UB
(suffix) Uchebno-Boevoy – combat trainer
UBT
(suffix) Uchebno-Boevoy Toplivo – combat trainer, fuel MiG-29UBT
UBM
(suffix) Uchebno-Boevoy Modernizeerovannyy – combat trainer, modernised MiG-29UBM
US
(suffix) oochebnyy Sdoov [Pogranichnovo Sloya] – trainer with BLC
USh
1. (suffix) Oochebno Shtoormanskiy [Samolyot] – navigator trainer aircraft
2. (suffix) U Shtoormanskiy [Samolyot] – U trainer aircraft I-153USh
ULL
(prefix) Ooniversahl'naya letyuschchaya Laboratoriya – universal flying laboratory
UM
1. (suffix) Oochebnyy, Modernizeerovannyy – upgraded trainer
2 (suffix) Uloochshennyy M – improved M new build Yak-9U's
US
(suffix) -
UT
(suffix) Uchyebno Trenirovochnyi – conversion/proficiency/educational training
UTG
(suffix) Uchyebno Trenirovochnyi Gak – educational training with arrestor hook
UTI
(suffix) oochebno Trenirovochnyy Istrebitel' - fighter trainer
UV
(suffix) Uloochshennyy Vyvoznoy – improved familiarisation training
UVP
(suffix) Ookorochennyy Vzlyot i Posahdka - STOL
V
1. (suffix) - floatplane An-2 floatplane
2. (suffix) - Il-18
3. (suffix) Vysotnyy – height/high-altitude
4. (suffix) Vyvoznoy – familiarisation training
V-TKGK
(suffix) Vysotnyi ToorboKompressorom Germetichyeskoi Kabine – high-altitude turbo-charged hermetic pressure cabin
VB
(suffix) Visotnyi Bombardirovshchik – high altitude bomber
VI
(suffix) Visotnyi Istrebitel – (ВИ, Высотный истребитель – high-altitude fighter)
VK
(suffix) Vozdooshno-Kosmicheskiy – air/space [satellite launcher]
VKP
(suffix) Vozdooshnyy Komahndnyy Poonkt – Airborne command post
VP
(suffix) -
VPU
(suffix) Vozdooshnyy Poonkt Oopravleniya – airborne command post
VRD
(suffix) Vozdooshno Reaktivnyye Dvigatel - ramjets
VRDK
(suffix) Vozdooshno-Reaktivnyy Dvigatel' Kompressornovo Tipa – compressor-type air-breathing engine
VS
(suffix) Voiskovoi Seriya – military series
VT
1. (suffix) V Trahnsportnyy – V transport Il-18
2. (suffix) Voyenno-Trahnsportnyy [samolyot] – military transport aircraft Il-114VT

VV (suffix) Vertikahl'nyy Vzlyot – vertical take-off
VZPU
(suffix) Vozduzhni'i Zapasdnoi Punkt Upravlenya – aerial emergency command post
ZA
(suffix) Zondirovshchik Atmosfery – atmosphere sampler
Zh
(suffix) Zhidkosnyy[reaktivnyy dvigatel] – liquid fuelled [rocket motor]
ZIG
(suffix) Zavod Imyennyi Goltsman – Works named for Goltsman




References



Gordon, Yefim; Peter Davison (2006). Tupolev Tu-95 Bear. Warbird Tech. Vol. 43. USA: Speciality Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-102-4.

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