MODIFIED BEAR F VARIANT NUMBER 8 RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: January 22, 1982
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MODIFIE D BEAR F VARIANT NUMBER 8
RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
NPIC/IEG (1/82)
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE BEAR F VARIANT NUMBER 8 HAS BEEN
MODIFIED WITH A CONICAL TAIL EXTENSION.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: IMAGERY OF RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT 25X1
TEST CENTER SHOWS THAT BEAR F VARIANT NUMBS R 8 HAS BEEN MODIFIED
WITH A CONICAL TAIL EXTENSION WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE TAIL
EXTENSION OF BEAR A MODIFIED, B MODIFIED AND C MODIFIED. THE
FUNCTION OF THE EXTENSIONS IS UNKNOIYN.
(S/D) THERE IS ONLY ONE AIRCRAFT WfIICH IS DESIGNATED BEAR F
VARIANT NUMBER 8. LY SEEN AT TAGANROG AIRFRAME
PLANT DIMITROV 86 IN MARCH 1977. SINCE THAT 25X1
TIME IT HAS BEEN SEEN AT AKHTi?BINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER _ 25X1
AND AT KIROVSKOYE AIRFIELD BOTH RESEARCH 25X1
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. BEAR F HAS PODS
SIMILAR TO THE PROBABLE TELEMETRY PODS ON BEAR B MODIFIED AND
BEAR C MODIFIED WHICH WERE INVOLVED IN INTEGRATION TESTS OF THE
AIRCRAFT AND KITCHEN MISSILES. VARIANT NUMBER 8 MAY BE INVOLVED
IN MISSILE TESTING RATHER THAN ASW ACTIVITY. 25X1
25X1
3. (S)
COORDINATES 55-34-19N 038-09-23E 25X1
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