Central Air Force Museum

The Central Museum of the Air Forces of the Russian Federation in Monino is a museum complex, which deals with the Soviet and Russian aviation history.

The museum is located within a barracks about 40 km from Moscow on the former airport Monino, which was in operation from 1932 to 1956. At this point the museum was founded in 1958 and opened on 23 February 1960. It was initially civilian visitors not accessible because it showed secret exhibits that were provided by the OKBs available. 2001, however, the gates were open to the normal public. The aircraft manufacturer in the country support the museum since then with few resources. The museum is located in the immediate vicinity of the Military Academy of the Air Force, " J. A. Gagarin "

The museum shows the development of Soviet aviation from the beginning to the present day with numerous exhibits. Particularly worth seeing is the outdoor area with numerous individual pieces, rare prototypes, and almost all the types used in the Soviet Air Force. A total of about 173 aircraft and helicopters, as well as 127 engines and turbines are issued. Of these 44 exhibits of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been declared national monuments of science and technology.

A selection of exhibits

Transport and passenger aircraft

Tupolev Tu -114

Tupolev Tu -144

Beriev Be -12

Combat aircraft

Lavochkin La -250

MiG -9

MiG -19

MiG -27

Sukhoi Su-25

Bomber

Tupolev Tu -22M

Mjassischtschew M-50

Tupolev Tu -22

Tupolev Tu- 95W

Mjassischtschew 3M

Helicopter

Mil Mi -26

Mil Mi -6

Mil Mi -6B

Mil Mi -24A

Mil Mi -25

Kamov Ka -25

Mil Mi -10

Yakovlev Yak -24

Aircraft of World War II

Tupolev SB-2

Tupolev Tu -2

Other Aircraft

Tupolev M -141 " Strisch " ( UAV )

Mjassischtschew M -17 ( altitude reconnaissance )

MiG -105 ( spaceplane prototype 105-11 )

Swell

• V. Kazashvili: Air Force Museum at Monino. ( A local publication of the museum for visitors in small numbers and comprehensive details to the museum and the exhibits shown)