December 23 - Long-Range Aviation Day of the Russian Air Force

Exactly 100 years ago, 23 December 1913, a four-engine heavy bomber "Ilya Muromets" - the brainchild of the outstanding and legendary Russian aircraft designer Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky - flew into the sky. This event was truly epochal in nature: the Sikorsky aircraft was at that time the largest in the world. That day was perhaps one of the most significant stories all Russian aviation. Despite this, domestic long-range aviation will celebrate its centenary only in the coming year 2014, because today's holiday was not established in memory of the first flight of the "great-grandfather" of modern Russian strategic bombers, but on the day of signing the imperial decree approving the decision of the Military Council on the formation of the first in Russia squadrons of these aircraft from December 23, 1914. It was this Decree of Emperor Nicholas II that laid the foundation for heavy bomber aviation not only in our country, but also in the world as a whole.
Today, modern Russian long-range aviation is armed with powerful aviation technology, ready to perform its combat missions anywhere in the world: strategic bombers Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22М3. Long-range aviation of the Russian Air Force, along with nuclear-powered submarine rocket carriers and the Strategic Missile Forces, is part of the so-called nuclear triad, a strategic reserve of the Supreme Command and an essential component of Russia's strategic nuclear forces, one of the reliable guarantors of the inviolability of the homeland.

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[kind]

Congratulations on the holiday of air strategists! As they say, so that the number of take-offs is always equal to the number of landings !!!

[LaGlobal]

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Long-Range Aviation Day - Air Force Honor
You are the best defenders over the homeland of heaven.
When flying over the open spaces you catch courage
Performing more than the most difficult aerobatics!
May the sun be gentle and the winds not naughty
When our fighters fly to special missions!

I wish you happiness and great, good health, dear defenders!

[Ross]

With the holiday of all involved and just all of us rooting for you!

[Igor39]

I join your wishes!

[VAF]

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Congratulations on the holiday of air strategists!

Brothers of "Long" Aviation !!!
Happy Holidays! There are not many of you, but you are doing very BIG things !!!
For many years, Clear Sky, let the number of takeoffs always equal the number of landings!
Once again with the HOLIDAY !!!

[andrei332809]

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Brothers of "Long" Aviation !!!

hi Ser
and the 22nd Tupolev’s might be equated with them?

[VAF]

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and the 22nd Tupolev’s might be equated with them?

Hi Andrew! As far as I remember, Long Aviation always had Dalnyaya (Tu-16, Tu-22 and 22M2, M3). and Strategic Aviation 3M and M4 and Tu-95, then Tu-160.
Even earlier, it was all brought together in the ADD (Long Range Aviation).
Now everything is brought together into a single whole Long Aviation (in the slang, Doina Aviation).
Well, "Shilo" has always been referred to as "Dalniks", which are scouts, jammers, and shock workers.

I'll tell you a "secret" "Shiloh" with one missile, flew further than

Tu-22M3 (the same with one missile). But I don’t even speak about a bomber!

[andrei332809]

Quote: vaf

I'll tell you a "secret"

Ser, the 22nd seems to be only for near borders? there are all sorts of Europe to smash. or something I don’t know? like, I talked with them tightly

[VAF]

Quote: andrei332809

Ser, the 22nd seems to be only for near borders?

Oh well .. on FIG This is with a tactical range of 2 km (taking into account 700% of the navigational reserve)
And if also .. refuel? ..
directly through the whole of Europe to the Atlantic .. "walk"

Andrey, and where did you "talk"? In Zyaborovka ... probably

[andrei332809]

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Andrey, and where did you "talk"?

don't ask uncomfortable questions
in the mid-nineties the fleets had no money, and they drove me to the "shabashki". then all kinds of airplanes, mainly a problem with flaps in the 160s, then the screws are out of alignment in the mozdok in helicopters

[andrei332809]

Hold
Ser, I am such

[andrei332809]

Sulfur (vaf) i miss you

[major071]

Happy White Swans!
- A pilot is walking along the airfield, holding a glass of vodka in his hand. Passes by the plane, which is busy with a technician. He stopped, looked for a long time, then asked: "Hey, man. What are you doing?" Technician: "Flaps". Pilot (raising his glass): "Oh !!! For the wings!"

[Apollo]

My best wishes to all veterans and military personnel of long-range aviation. I wish you and your family good health, success and further benefits.

[And Us Rat]

Here is another one in high resolution.

[Shur]

Wonderful people .. No words .. Sleep calmer ..

[VAS 84]

And "BEARS"! Congratulations! We must not forget the veterans. Ragozin said that the PAK DA will be subsonic, won't this make the plane vulnerable even for the "corn workers"? It is not possible to make an aircraft completely invisible for radars (operating in different wavelengths). At the extreme, they will "listen to the sky" like the Second World War, because the capabilities of acoustic technology are now much higher than at that time and the engines "sing" louder.

[HAM]

Happy holidays, you guys, all the very best in life and work !!

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

My best wishes! All the best!
And by the way, be it said - the slogan "Nobody after us!" fully applies to long-range aviation ...
Happy Holidays!

[Ascetic]

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And by the way, be it said - the slogan "Nobody after us!" fully applies to long-range aviation ...
Happy Holidays!

Skill, courage, dignity and honor are the motto of pilots of Long-Range Aviation.

For us, there are two main points of reference. One is December 1914, when the organizational unit DA was formed - the squadron of multi-engine aircraft Ilya Muromets. And the second is March 1942, when, given the sad experience of using heavy aircraft in the first year of the war, its first commander Alexander Golovanov gathered heavy aircraft scattered across the armies and corps into a single fist. He proved that YES should not strike as an assault on the front edge of the enemy, but, quickly passing the front line, go behind enemy lines and strike at the "main ridge of the enemy’s state."
In the 60s, the creation of new weapons led to the fact that DA from its composition identified the best divisions, regiments, and armies, which, switching to new equipment and mastering missile weapons, became the basis of the Strategic Missile Forces. That is why most of the combat banners of the Strategic Missile Forces units are guards, and this rank, as you know, the troops received only during military operations. Then the fleet began to perform similar tasks. Now we are a powerful triad complementing each other with our capabilities. And when we are strong, we have many allies, and as soon as weaken, a potential, and then a real adversary immediately appears. We must make sure that our country has only allies.

Lieutenant General Igor Ivanovich Hvorov
November 2002 - May 2007 - Strategic Aviation Commander - 37th Air Army of the Supreme High Command (strategic mission)
since May 2007. Chief of the General Staff - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force of Russia (Air Force and Air Defense)

Happy holiday air strategists! Take-offs of successful and soft landings!

[andrei332809]

happy holiday!

[Fin]

All involved with the holiday !!! He started at 46 VA of the All-Russian High Command, but not for long.

[Siberian19]

our strategists are the best! thank you for being! wholeheartedly happy holiday And always a soft landing!

[ZU-23]

Congratulations to you, flying truckers !!!

[andrei332809]

and also on the news they said that today the fleet will be handed over to the fleet

[Yuri11076]

Happy holiday Strategists !!! The most beautiful aircraft are strategic aircraft.

[yan]

Happy holiday !!!!!

[vlad0]

Dalnikov and strategists on the holiday!
Good luck and flying longevity!
Special congratulations to the Baral pilots !!!!

[andruha70]

all FAR-AVIATORS-with HOLIDAY !!! insert to all enemies: further ... deeper ... and thicker ...

[ivshubarin]

Happy holiday !!!!!

[George]

I join in the congratulations .
Happy Holiday !!!

[Prapor Afonya]

Happy Birthday, brothers who carry under their wings megatons of non-aggression guarantees from the most likely enemy !!!

[complete zero]

I join all those who congratulate you on the clear horizon "people walking around the corner"

[Mercenary]

courageous guys !!! glory to them. the triad triumphs. if they understand perfectly well that if misfortune happens, most will not have a chance to return, but duty is above all. we’ll all die .. (that’s better than from vodka and from colds).

[wolf1945]

All RUSSIAN Air Force HOLIDAY! AND ALSO 47 regiment break

[Sochi]

Happy holiday STRATEGY !!! With great respect to you, a former kid from a long-range aviation garrison.

[Ivanovich47]

On the occasion of you pilots and board - engineers, navigators and signalmen of Long-Range Aviation! May your sky always be clear!

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[avt]

C HOLIDAY You Strategists! Let the number of take-offs always equal the number of landings!

[propolsky]

Well, so ... stood and the screw rotated and God forbid the other way around!

[AK-47]

Happy holiday with air flyers!
Our great-grandfathers started like that.
The first Russian bombers, Ilya Muromets, were the basis of the bombing aircraft of the Russian Empire during the First World War and became one of its symbols. Produced: more than 80 copies.

[polly]

Long-range aviation made a huge contribution to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The first combat missions of the DBA crews were carried out on June 22, 1941. Airplanes bombarded the concentration of enemy troops in the areas of Suvalok and Przemyshl. On the second day of the war, long-range bombers, together with naval aviation, bombed Danzig, Koenigsberg, Warsaw, Krakow, Bucharest. On the night of August 10-11, 1941, Soviet naval bombers of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet and the 81st heavy bomber air division of the DBA GK hit Berlin.
With great sympathy and respect, I congratulate the followers and successors of the glorious traditions of our combat winged guard, I wish you further success in flight training, as well as love and loyalty on earth!

You are gods, and for us,
For mortal people simple
Sometimes you risk your friends and yourself ...
Today is your holiday -
Praise be to all of you and honor!
Air crew, thank you for being!

[Roman 1977]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! I wish that the number of your take-offs corresponds to the number of landings. And more aircraft GOOD and NEW !!!

and your opponents looked that way ...

[Chicot 1]

Dalnoboev Happy Holidays! A clear and peaceful sky, and so that the number of take-offs is always equal to the number of landings! ..
Without any exaggeration, we are proud of you! .. I wish you every success, and for your health! ..

Happy holiday to you guys !!!

[mountain]

This year, we have already been pleased, long-range aviation. I am convinced that in the new year, there will be even more joy.

[Russ69]

HAPPY !!!
Today, there will be a reason, to take a glass.
I hope PAK-DA, will be in the army, without long delays ....

[nikcris]

And how they roar at night outside my window! Wake up and feel confident in the future)))
Happy Holidays!

[nikcris]

And I bl stupidly sharpen a museum in Engels.

[typhoon7]

Happy holiday to all Strategists! Happy holiday to all involved, technical staff, designers, engineers and factory workers! All good health, success in the service, clear skies and of course happiness in my personal life!

[edeligor]

Happy holiday strategists! So that the number of takeoffs equals the number of landings! I wish you health and all, very !!!!!

[Megre]

Happy Holidays!

[konvalval]

Handsome airplanes, courageous pilots. Congratulations, brothers in arms! And without emergency flights forever and ever.

[invisibility]

You plus for koment and for the badge

[Miffody]

Congratulations on the holiday workers of the plant to them. Dimitrov, Taganrog, for high-quality repair and maintenance of equipment, and personally Viktor Nikolayevich Sivirin.

[Arh]

Great! ! !

[Andrey Yuryevich]

insanely beautiful, and deadly! Happy Holiday Strategists !!!

[pvv113]

Today, the arsenal of modern Russian long-range aviation consists of powerful aircraft, ready to carry out their combat missions anywhere in the world: strategic bombers Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3

EXCELLENT TECHNIQUE, EXCELLENT SPECIALISTS !!! It is a pity that AFTER REFORMS, STARTED WITH the collapse of the USSR and Brought to the poor finale, Serdyukov, the long-distance aviation was reduced quantitatively and qualitatively. THE PRODUCTION OF BOMBERS, COMPOSING ITS BASIS IS DISCONTINUED. NOW, WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF I SHOIG ON THE DEPUTY OF THE DEFENSE MINISTER, REMEMBERED AGAIN OF THE NEED TO MAINTAIN ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE NUCLEAR TRIAD AT THE LONG LEVEL. INSTITUTES IN THE HEART OF OPTIMISM IN CONNECTION WITH DECISION-MAKING ON THE MODERNIZATION OF LONG BOMBERS. MEANS GETTING TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTRY THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF MILITARY AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS JUSTIFIED NECESSITY. Proud of long-distance aviation! WITH A HOLIDAY, FAR AWAY AND EVERYONE WHO RELATED TO ITS LIFE WITH LONG AVIATION! BEST WISHES TO YOU!