Forward by Grant Robinson
Hi all,
The following report was put together courtesy of information provided by Moscow based Gavin Maxwell. This show amazingly still went ahead despite COVID, and although I did the right thing in cancelling my planned trip there, I will go again next year if anyone fancies joining me to do this and everything aviation that Moscow has to offer (COVID allowing).
Report by Gavin Maxwell
Army 2020 expo was held this year between 23rd to 29th August at Kubinka near Moscow. Army 2020 is the sixth time this exhibition has been held and is a world beating show of military strength by the Russian Government attracting thousands of participants from 120 countries.
It is held in three distinct areas – 1) Patriot Park is for ground equipment and is near Kubinka town – 2) the air component is held at Kubinka air base 55km west of Moscow – 2) Alabino training ground where tactical warfare is practised with competitions between tanks and marine exercises being held. Live fire is used!
The last three days are available to the public and the air base is free of charge.
A total of around 170 aircraft was seen at the airbase which also has a small museum of six fighter aircraft. Stars of the show were the new Sukhoi Su-35S which flew a spectacular display, probably the best I have seen including Cobra, backward flips and somersaults, followed by the Strizhi (Swallows) in nine MiG-29 types and the Russki Vityazi (Russian Knights) with four Su30SM’s and two Su-35S’s.
The most unusual sight of the day was the arrival of a Qatar Emiri Air Force C17A registration MAE. It arrived smack bang in the middle of a aerobatic flying display of Yak-52’s…quite a bizarre sight to see….but that’s Russia for you! Seen at Kubinka on the 28th August 2020…….
Preserved and on display along entrance road:
11 blue, MiG-19, Soviet, c/n 62211010?
54 blue, MiG-21, Soviet
01 red, MiG-23, Russian
07 red, Su-7, Soviet
14 blue, MiG-29, Russian
3 blue, Su-27, Russian
Preserved on high plinth at base entrance:
237 red, MiG-17, Soviet
Main Apron:
96742, Mil-8AMT, Rosvertol
982, ANSAT, Rosvertol
34 blue/RF-81705, Su-30SM, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
56 blue/RF-95506, Su-35S, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
72 red/RF-04529, Mil-38, Russian Air Force
3112 yellow, Mil-26T, Rosvertol
31 red, L-29 (cockpit only)
19 red, L-29 (cockpit only)
no marks, Yak-40 (cockpit only)
Hangar:
057 blue, Su-57, Sukhoi OKB
12 blue, MiG-35, RSK MiG
103 yellow, Ka-52, Russian Navy
West of ramp:
83 yellow/RF-13383?, Mil-24P, Russian Air Force
50 red/RF-13664, Mil-24P, Russian Air Force
32 red, Mil-8AMT, Russian Air Force
34 red/RF-90671, Mil-8AMT, Russian Air Force
51 yellow/RF-13491, Mil-28H, Russian Air Force
62 red/RF-13625, Mil-28H, Russian Air Force
08 yellow/RF-95320, Mil-28H, Russian Air Force
70 red/RF-13654, Mil-28H, Russian Air Force
70 yellow/RF-95346?, Mil-28H, Russian Air Force
71 red/RF-13655, Mil-28H, Russian Air Force
83 red/RF-13422, Ka-52, Russian Air Force
89 red/RF-13428, Ka-52, Russian Air Force
Heli static line:
RF-90600, Ka-226, Russian Air Force
97 yellow/RF-13440, Ka-52, Russian Air Force
52 yellow/RF-13492, Mil-28H, Russian Air Force
58 yellow/RF-13460, Mil-24P, Russian Air Force
04 red/RF-93549, Mil-24P, Russian Air Force
78 yellow/RF-04508, Mil-8AMT, Russian Air Force
06 yellow/RF-95568, Mil-26T, Russian Air Force
Mid field static:
28 red/RF-94157, Tu-22M3, Russian Air Force
02 red/RF-94102, Tu-160, Russian Air Force, c/n 830 07526, Vasili Reshetnikov
19 red/RF-94123, Tu-95MS, Russian Air Force, c/n 36177, Krasnoyarsk
Private static line:
14 yellow, Stampe SV.4
RA-2833G, Dolphin 10
RF-01180, SM2000
RF-00206, Yak-52
RA-2919G, V100
RA-15695, Mil-2, c/n 5410312077
RA-2039G, EA300
no marks, CK-04
02 red, L-29, Soviet
Main static line:
33 red/RF-50602, IL-76/A50, Russian Air Force, c/n 00434 54618, Vladimir Ivanov
50 blue/RF-94275, IL-78, Russian Air Force, c/n 10034 03079
RF-78653, IL-76MD90, Russian Air Force, c/n 001 05, Viktor Livanov
RF-64525, Tu-214, Russian Air Force, c/n 145074 2709025, Open Skies
RF-61735, An-148, Russian Air Force, c/n 27015042035
RA-30078, An-30, Russian Air Force, c/n 05 07
RF-72963, An-72, Russian Air Force, c/n 365720 92845
53 red/RF-36011, An-26, Russian Air Force, c/n 673 045 02
25 red/RF-28057, L410, Russian Air Force
05 yellow/RF-90587, An-2, Russian Air Force
47 red/RF-95091, Su-24SM, Russian Air Force
94 red/RF-91974, Su-25SM, Russian Air Force
09 red/RF-95888, Su-34, Russian Air Force
60 red/RF-81771, Su-30SM, Russian Air Force
22 red/RF-81773, Su-35S, Russian Air Force
34 blue/RF-92313, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force
15 blue, MiG-35, Russian Air Force
89 red/RF-92500, MiG-31K, Russian Air Force
81 blue/RF-90913, MiG-31BK, Russian Air Force
24 red/RF-93265, DA42, Russian Air Force
21 red/RF-44481, Yak-130, Russian Air Force
82 yellow/RF-13468, Ansat, Russian Air Force
31 yellow/RF-19188, Ka-27, Russian Navy
22 yellow/RF-75345, IL-38, Russian Navy, c/n 0810 110 06, Viktor Potapov
North compound 1:
32 blue/RF-92312, MiG-29, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
?? blue, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, blue camo c/s
54 blue, Su-35S, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
55 blue/RF-95005, Su-35S,Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
North compound 2:
02 blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
03 blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
08 blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
10 blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
?? blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
?? blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
?? blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
?? blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
?? blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
?? blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
?? blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, faded camo c/s
11 blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
2 blue, Su-27SM, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
20 blue, Su-27UB, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
24 blue, Su-27UB, Russian Air Force, Russian Test Pilots Display team
31 blue/RF-81702, Su-30SM, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
53 blue, Su-35S, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
Flightline:
29 blue/RF-91929, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
?? blue, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts) old c/s
?? blue, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts) old c/s
?? blue, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts) old c/s
?? blue, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts) old c/s
?? blue, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts) old c/s
?? blue, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts) old c/s
53 red, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, grey c/s
?? blue, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, grey c/s
24 blue/RF-90857, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, grey c/s
26 blue/RF-92307, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, grey c/s
?? blue, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, grey c/s
?? blue, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, blue c/s
?? blue, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, grey c/s
?? blue, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, grey c/s
?? red, Su-35S, Russian Air Force, camo c/s
RA-12137, An-12, Russian Air Force, Rossiya grey c/s, c/n 0034 76 05
RA-26226, An-30, Russian Air Force, c/n 07 06
87 black/RF-36052, An-30, Russian Air Force, c/n 08 07
01 black/RF-30083, An-30, Russian Air Force, c/n 13 07
Landed:
03 blue/RF-36049, An-26, Russian Air Force, grey c/s, c/n 49 02
RF-85655, Tu-5, Russian Air Force, Open Skies, 89A-798
MAE, C-17A, Qatar Emiri Air Force
South storage ramp:
11 red, An-26S, Russian Air Force, sat on tail
RA-26696, An-26S, Russian Air Force, sat on tail
48 blue, Tu-134UBL, Russian Air Force, c/n 64830
75926, IL-22M, Russian Air Forcec/n 296 40 11203 (cvtd IL18D c/n 188 0112 03)
22 blue, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
44 blue, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
47 blue, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
48 blue, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
64 blue, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
65 blue, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
71 blue, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
??, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
??, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
??, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
??, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
??, MiG-29, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force (fuselage only)
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force (fuselage only)
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force (fuselage only)
36 red, Su-25, Russian Air Force
18 yellow, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-27UB, Russian Air Force
??, Su-27UB, Russian Air Force
??, Su-27UB, Russian Air Force
??, Su-27UB, Russian Air Force
04 blue, Su-25, Russian Air Force
05 blue, Su-25, Russian Air Force
47, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
??, Su-25, Russian Air Force
11 yellow/RF-95570, Mil-26T, Russian Air Force
Flying:
Somewhere in the smoke is Sukhoi Su-35S Russkiyi Vityazi 50 blue doing a somersault on its self ?
50 blue, Su-35S, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
51 blue, Su-35S, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
32 blue/RF-81703, Su-30SM, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
35 blue/RF-81706, Su-30SM, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
36 blue/RF-81721, Su-30SM, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
37 blue/RF-81722, Su-30SM, Russian Air Force, Russikiye Vityazi (Russian Knights)
02 blue/RF-91946, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
09 blue/RF-91951, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
12 blue/RF-91945, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
15 blue/RF-92283, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
16 blue/RF-92113, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
17 blue/RF-92810, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
18 blue/RF-92300, MiG-29UB, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
31 blue/RF-92311, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
34 blue/RF-92134, MiG-29SMT, Russian Air Force, Strizi (Swifts)
38 red/RF-24773, Mil-8AMT, Russian Air Force
RA-?????, PA-23, Display team
RA-?????, Yak-52, Display team
RA-?????, Yak-52, Display team
RA-?????, Yak-52, Display team
RA-?????, Yak-52, Display team
Photograph credits: All Gavin Maxwell apart from the CK-04 which was courtesy of Alexander Belyakov and An-12 RA-12137 which was courtesy of Roman Galkov.
Construction number credits: http://www.spottingmode.com
Best regards,
Grant Robinson
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