NEW BEAR VARIANT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 25, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NEW BEAR VARIANT
AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
VARIANT (NPIC
(S/
D) DESIGNATOR--BEAR FYVARIANT A 10)wATEAKHTUBINSK SUGGESTS
THAT THIS AIRCRAFT MAY BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING AIR-TO-SURFACE
MISSILES (ASM).
(S/D) REMARKS: WITHIN THE BEAR SERIES, ONLY THE B AND C
MODELS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN EQUIPPED TO CARRY ASM. BOTH OF
THESE MODELS HAVE LARGE NOSE RADOMES. THE IDENTIFICATION OF A
PROBABLE SMALL NOSE RADOME ON THE BEAR F VARIANT
INDICATE THAT THIS AIRCRAFT ALSO HAS AN ASM CAPABILITY. TO
DATE, NO ASM HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AIRCRAFT.
A BEAR F VARIANT 10 HAS BEEN AT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST
CENTER, THE MAJOR AIRBORNE WEAPONS TEST CENTER IN THE SOVIET
(S/D) THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 IS EQUIPPED WITH A NUMBER OF
FEATURES FOUND ON MOST BEAR F AIRCRAFT -- A HIGH-LIFT WING,
FUSELAGE AIR SCOOPS, A LARGE DORSAL-MOUNTED SHELF ANTENNA, AND
A REFUELING PROBE. THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 ALSO HAS A
STANDARD-LENGTH FUSELAGE, PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED ONLY ON THE BASIC
BEAR F AND ON VARIANTS .4 AND S. NO PODS ARE ON EITHER THE
HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL STABILIZER. EXCEPT FOR THE LONE BEAR F
VARIANT 8 ALL PREVIOUS BEAR F WERE EQUIPPED WITH A STABILIZER
POD/PODS. IN ADDITION, THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 HAS A SOLID NOSE
WHICH MAY BE A SMALL RADOME. ALL PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
VARIANTS HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH A GREENHOUSE NOSE.
(S/D) FLIGHT TESTING OF THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 PROBABLY BEGAN
DURING SPRING 1980 AT RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER
WHERE THE ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPE HAS BEEN
REPEATEDLY OBSERVED. TWO BEAR F VARIANT 10 WERE AT TAGANROG
AIRFRAME PLANT DIMITROV 86
TAGANROG AIRFRAME PLANT IS THE
PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR BEAR F AIRCRAFT. THE TWO BEAR F
VARIANT 10 OBSERVED THERE WERE PROBABLY THE SECOND AND THIRD
PRODUCED. ONE WAS AGAIN PRESENT AT TAGANROG
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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NPIC/IEG
(S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS - THE ROLE OF THE BEAR F VARIANT 10
IS STILL UNKNOWN. NO AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPE HAVE YET BEEN
OBSERVED AT KIROVSKOYE AIRFIELD THE PRIMARY
SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION TEST AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER WHERE
ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) TESTING IS CONDUCTED. ALL
PREVIOUS BEAR F AIRCRAFT (EXCEPT THE ONE-OF-A-KIND BEAR F
VARIANT 8) HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ASW AND MARITIME
RECONNAISSANCE/COMMUNICATIONS.
3. (S) COORDINATES 48-17-32N 046-12-15E
4. (S/D) NOTE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BEAR F VARIANTS MAY BE
FOUND IN NPIC IMAGERY ANALYSIS REPORT, BEAR F/BEAR F VARIANT
AIRCRAFT IN THE USSR (S), Z-20059/81, IAR-00 0 81, MAY 19 1
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