Army Kubinka 2019

[shaggy22]

Earlier in July I went to the arms forum called "Army" at Patriot Park just outside of Moscow. I spent most of my time at Kubinka Air Base but if I'm honest I went mostly for departure days mainly to catch what I call the aviation holy trinity, the Tu-22M3 "Backfire," Tu-160 "Blackjack" & the Tu-95MS "Bear" take off. In the end I got neither of them but at least it gives me another reason to go back out there. There were 2 main show days that I went to with poor weather being present at both, it was meant to be 3 but the weather was even worse on the first day & there was no flying whatsoever. These pics are from the second day of flying in which the weather was much better, it was only half a show in reality but still had some cool aircraft & some superb displays in them, the Ka-52 probably my highlight;

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-226 Hoodlum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG 29SMT Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-34 Fullback by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-35S Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG 29SMT Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-34 Fullback by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-35S Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Swifts MiG 29 Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Russian Knights Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Berkuty Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Berkuty Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Berkuty Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-52 Hokum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-52 Hokum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-52 Hokum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-52 Hokum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-52 Hokum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-52 Hokum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Ka-52 Hokum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Yak 131 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Yak 131 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Yak 152 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Yak 152 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG-15UTI Midget by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG-15UTI Midget by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Tu-95MS Bear by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

[jimrodger]

Lovely set of pictures, many thanks for sharing.


Jim

[Joecoastie]

Some damn fine shots !

[shaggy22]

Thanks guys

[John Young]

What a great set of photos to come back with Dan - interesting and unusual and first class in quality. Thanks for the post.

John

[shaggy22]

What a great set of photos to come back with Dan - interesting and unusual and first class in quality. Thanks for the post.

John

Cheers John, I think they get more interesting on the departures, I'll post those up tomorrow

[gsnde]

Wonderful photos, Dan. You are really coming around.

[shaggy22]

Here are the shots from the 2 departure days, pretty much everything that was on static departed except the bombers as I've mentioned, the An-148 & we missed the Il-76MD90A as well. Weather was very good on the most part as you'll see & there was some lovely surprises as well, especially the Tu-134A-3 & OC-135B that rocked up.

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-24M Hind by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Be-200ES Altair by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-35S Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-30SM Flanker by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-34 Fullback by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Antonov An-2T Colt by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-24M Fencer by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-24M Fencer by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-24M Fencer by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-24M Fencer by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-24M Fencer by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-25SM Frogfoot by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-25SM Frogfoot by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Su-25SM Frogfoot by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG 29SMT Fulcrum by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-24M Hind by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Antonov An-26 Curl by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Antonov An-26 Curl by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-24P Hind by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Beriev A-50U Mainstay by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Beriev A-50U Mainstay by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Tu-134A-3 Crusty by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Tu-134A-3 Crusty by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Tu-134A-3 Crusty by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Tu-134A-3 Crusty by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-38 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-38 by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Il-76MD Candid by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil M-8M Hip & Ansat U by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Kazan Ansat U by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG 31 Foxhound by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG 31 Foxhound by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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MiG 31 Foxhound by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Let L-410UVP-E by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Antonov An-26 Curl by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Antonov An-26 Curl by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-26 Halo by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-28 Havoc by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil Mi-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Antonov An-26 Curl by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Antonov An-26 Curl by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

107. Please excuse the heat haze, as you can see it was pretty bad
USAF OC-135B by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

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Mil M-8M Hip by Dan Reeves, on Flickr

Thanks again for looking