Found something interesting today: AV-MF badges for Su-33 pilots flying from carriers. There are 3 different ones, one for the Kuznetsov, one for the still incomplete Varyag, and one for the Kiev. Clearly depicted on all 3 is a Kuznetsov-class carrier, so what is the Kiev? Is it an unknown name-change for the Ulyanovsk, the 3rd ship that was scrapped? Or was the Kiev to be refitted in the same manner as the Admiral Gorshkov for the Indian Navy? Comments?
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August 28, 2000 at 5:22 pm