Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Aircraft designations

This is a Glossary of acronyms used for aircraft designations in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.

Terms
2I-N1:
 * 2 Istrebitel – N1 – two-seat fighter with Napier engine see DI-1

2MG:
 * 2 Motor Gelikopter – twin-engined helicopter

AK:
 * Artilleriskii Korrektirovshchik – artillery correction

AO:
 * Aeroopylitel – air duster Po-2

AP:
 * Aeropyl – air dust Po-2

ARK:
 * ARKtichyeskii - arctic

ARK-Z:

ASh:
 * Arkadiy Shvetsov-led engine design bureau prefix, coming from the OKB-19 bureau

ASK:
 * Amfibiya Severnogo Kraya – amphibian for northern territory

BB:
 * Blizhnii Bombardirovshchik – short-range bomber

BDD:
 * Bombardirovshchik D D - Bolkhovitnov

BDP:
 * Boyevoi Desantnyi Planer – troops assault glider

BI:
 * Blizhniy Istrebitel – short-range fighter

BMP:
 * - towed mine glider

BOK:

BOP:

BPB:
 * Blizhniy Pikiruyushchiy Bombardirovshchik – short-range dive bomber

BS:

BSB:

BskhS:

BSh:
 * Bronirovannyy Shturmovik – armoured ground attack aircraft

CCB:
 * see TsKB

D:
 * 1. - two-seat fighter
 * 2. Dalnost - distance/range

DB:
 * 1. Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik – long-range bomber
 * 2. Dnevnoi Bombardirovshchik – day bomber

DB-A:
 * Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-A – long-range bomber, academy

DB-LK:
 * Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-LK -

DBSh:

DD:
 * suffix Dauhl'niy Deystviya  - long-range

DDBSh:
 * Dauhl'niy Dvuhkmestny Bronirovannyi Shturmovik - long-range two-seat close support aircraft

DDI:

DG:

DI:
 * Dvukhmesnyy Istrebitel'  - two-seat fighter

DIP:
 * Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel Pushechny – two-seat cannon fighter

DIS:
 * 1. Dvukhmotortnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyenyia – twin-engined escort fighter
 * 2. Dalnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyeniya – (ДИС, Дальний истребитель сопровождения – long-range escort fighter)

DIT:
 * Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel T - two-seat fughter - 2-seat shturmovik version of I-152

DKL:
 * Dvukhmotornyi Krayenoi Linyeinyi - regional airliner

DKPV:

DP:
 * Dal'niy Perekhvahtchik – long-range interceptor

DPT:
 * - long-range glider torpedo

DR:
 * Dvigatel' [izdeliye] R [Tu-4] – engine test-bed [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for engine test aircraft.

DSB:
 * Dnevnoy Skorosnoy Bombardirovshchik - fast day bomber

DVB:
 * Dalnyi Vysotnyi Bombardirovshchik – long-range high-altitude bomber

E:
 * Eksperimentalnyi - experimental

EA:
 * Eksperimentalnyi Apparat – experimental apparatus – usually prefixed by a number

ED:
 * Eksperimental Dvigatyel – experimental engine

EG:
 * Eksperimentalnyi Gelikopter – experimental helicopter

EI:
 *  Eksperimentalyni Istribetel – experimental fighter

EOI:
 *  Eksperimentalyni Odnomyestnyi Istribetel – experimental single-seat fighter

FI:
 * Frontovoy Istrebitel – frontal fighter

FS:
 * Foto Samolyet – Photographic aircraft

G:
 * Gelikopter – helicopter

GASN:
 * Gidro-Aeroplan Spetsialno Naznachyeniya – seaplane special destination

GLL:
 * Giperzvukovya letayuschchaya Laboratoriya – hypersonic flying laboratory

GM:

GST:
 * Gidro Samolyet Transportnaya – hydro aircraft transport – pby-1 Catalina

I:
 * 1. Izdeliye - product or article
 * 2. Istrebitel' – fighter

IB:
 * Istrebitel-Bombardirovschik - fighter bomber / strike fighter
 * Istrebitel-Bombardirovschik - fighter bomber / strike fighter

IDD:
 * Istrebitel' Dahl'nevo Deystviya – long-range fighter

IgA:

IKh:

IL:
 * Istrebitel' [s dvigatelem] Liberty [moschnost'yu] 400 [loshadinykh sil] - fighter with a 400hp Liberty engine Polikarpov IL-400

IOP:
 * Istrebitel' odnomestny Pushechnyi – single-seat cannon fighter

IP:
 * Istrebitel' Pushyechnii – fighter, cannon

IS:
 * 1. Istrebitel' Skladnoi – folding fighter
 * 2. Istrebitel' Soprovozhdyeniya – escort fighter
 * 3. Istrebitel' Sylvanskii – fighter Sylvanskii

ISh:
 * Istrebitel' Shturmovik – fighter attack

IT:
 * Istrebitel' Tyazhelyi – heavy fighter

ITP:
 * Istrebitel' Tyazhelyi Pushechnyi – heavy fighter with cannon

IVS:
 * Istrebitel' VyisokoSkorostnyi – high speed fighter

I-Z:
 * Izdeliye Z - project Z

K:
 * 1. -
 * 2. Koor'yerskiy - courier

KhB:
 * Khimichyevskii Boyevik – chemical fighter

KOR:
 * Korabelnii O Razvedchik – shipboard catapult reconnaissance

KPIR:

KR:
 * 1. Korabelniy Razvedchik – (корабельный разведчик - Shipboard Reconnaissance)
 * 2. Katapul'tiruyemoye Kreslo [izdeliye] R [Tu-4] – ejection seat test-bed [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for ejection seat test aircraft.
 * 3. Kreiser Razvyedchik - cruiser reconnaissance)

KSM:
 * - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft

KT:
 * Kr'lya Tank – flying tank

LAKM:

LAL:
 * Летающая Атомная Лаборатория - letayuschchaya ahtomnaya laboratoriya - flying nuclear laboratory

LB:
 * Legkii Bombardirovshchik – light bomber

LB-2LD:
 * Legkii Bombardirovshchik-2LD – light bomber with 2 lorraine-Dietrich engines

LBS:
 * Legkii Bombardirovshchik Sparka – light bomber, two seater

LBSh:
 * Legkii Bronirovannyi Shturmovik – (ЛБШ, Легкий бронированный штурмовик – light armored attack aircraft)

LEM:
 * Lev Pavlovich Malinovski- 1930s director of NTU-GVF

LIG:
 * Leningradskii Institoot Grazdahnskovo Vozdooshnovo Flota- Leningrad Institute civil air fleet

LK:
 * 1. Legkii Kreiser – light cruiser
 * 2. Leningradskii Kombinat – Leningrad combine

LKhS:
 * - light utility transport 1994

LL:
 * Letayuschchaya Laboratoriya - flying laboratory

LM:

LNB:

LR:
 * Legkii Razvedchik – (ЛР, Легкий разведчик – light reconnaissance)

LS:
 * Laminarnyi Sloi – laminar layer

LSh:
 * Lyegkii Shturmovik – (ЛШ, Легкий штурмовик – light attack)

LT:
 * Letayushchiy Tank – flying tank

LTDD:
 * -long-range flying torpedo

M:
 * Mishen – [radio-controlled] target radio-controlled versions of production aircraft had the OKB designation replaced with M, thus the RC target Il-28 became the M-28

MA:
 * Mestnaya Amfibiya – regional amphibian

MAK:

MB:

MBR:
 * Morskoi Blizhnii Razvedchik – marine short-range reconnaissance

MDR:
 * Morskoi Dalnii Razvedchik – marine long-range reconnaissance

MDRT:
 * Morskoi Dalnii Razvedchik Torpedonosyets – (МДРТ, Морской дальний разведчик-торпедоносец – long-range sea recon/torpedo bomber)

MER:

MG:

MGS:
 * Mnogotselevoy Gruzovoy Samolet - multi-role cargo aircraft

MI:

MIIT:

MK:
 * Morskoi Kreiser – sea cruiser

MM:
 * Morskoi Minonosyets – marine mine carrier

MMN:

MMSh:
 * Malya Mod Shturmovik – experimental engine attacker

MP:
 * 1. Motor Planer – motor glider
 * 2. Morskoi Passazhirskii – naval passenger transport
 * 3. Morskoi Podvesnoi – marine suspended

MPI:
 * 1. Mnogomestnyi Pushyechnyi Istrebitel – (МПИ, Многоместный пушечный истребитель – multi-seat cannon fighter)
 * 2. Morskoi Poplavkovyi Istrebitel – sea floatplane fighter

MR:
 * Morskoi Razvedchik – naval reconnaissance

MRL:
 * Morskoi Razvedchik Liberty – naval reconnaissance, Liberty engine

MS:
 * Morskoi Samolyet – naval aircraft

MSh:

MT:
 * Morskoi Torpedonosyets – naval torpedo carrier

MTB:
 * Morskoi Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik – naval torpedo carrier-bomber

MTBT:
 * Morskoi тяжелый Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik  – (МТБТ, Морской тяжелый бомбардировщик-торпедоносец – Heavy sea bomber/torpedo bomber)

MU:
 * Morskoi Uchyebnii – naval trainer

MUR:
 * Morskoi Uchyebnii Rhone – naval trainer, Rhone engine

N:

NAK:
 * Nochno-artillerisykyi Korrektirovshchik – night artillery observer

NB:
 * Nochnoi Bombardirovshchik – night bomber

NBB:
 * Nochnoy Blizhniy Bombardirovshchik – short-range night bomber

NK:

OBSh:
 * Odnomestnyi Bronirovanny Shturmovik (ОБШ, Одноместный бронированный штурмовик – single-seat armored attack aircraft)

ODB:

ODBSh:
 * Odnomestnyi Dvukhmotorny Bronirovanny Shturmovik – single-seat twin-engined armoured attack aircraft

OKB:

OKO:

OPB:
 * Odnomestnyi Pikiryushchyi Bombardirovshchik - (ОПБ, Одноместный пикирующий бомбардировщик – single-seat dive bomber)

OPO:

OSGA:
 * - deck based aircraft

OSh:
 * Odnomotornyi Shturmovik – single-engined attack

OSO:

P:
 * 1. Perekhodnyi Pyervyi - intermediate
 * 2. Passazheerskiy – passenger

P-Z:

PB:
 * 1. Planer Bombardirovshchik – glider bomber
 * 2. Pikiriyushchii Bombardirovshchik – dive bomber

PBSh:
 * Pushechnyy Bronirovannyi Shturmovik (ПБШ, Пикирующий бронированный штурмовик – cannon-armed armoured assault aircraft)

PD:
 * Perekhvatchik [s ToorboKompressorom] Dollezhalya – interceptor with a dollezhal' designed supercharger

PI:
 * Pushechnii Istrebitel – cannon fighter

PL:
 * Passazhirskii Leningrad – passenger transport Leningrad

PM:
 * Passazhirskii Maybach – passenger transport Maybach engine

PR:

PS:
 * 1. Passazheerskiy Samolyot – airliner / passenger aircraft
 * 2. Proxrachnyy Samolyot – transparent aircraft

PSN:
 * Planer Spetsial'no Naznachenaya – glider for special purposes

PT:

PVRD:

R:
 * 1. Razvedchik – reconnaissance
 * 2. Reaktivnii - jet

RB:
 * Razvedchik-Bombardirovshchik – reconnaissance-bomber

RD:
 * Rekord Dalnosti – long distance record aircraft

RDD:
 * Rekord Dalnost Diesel'nyi – diesel-engined long-range record aircraft

RD-VV:

RF:
 * Rot front – Red Front

RG:

RGP:

RK:
 * 1. Razreznoye Krylo – slotted wing
 * 2. Razdvizhnoye Krylo – extending wing

RK-I ':
 * Razdvizhnoye Krylo - Istrebitel – extending wing fighter

RM:

RMK:

ROM:
 * Razvedchik Otkrytogo Morya – reconnaissance open sea

RP:
 * 1. -
 * 2.Raketnyy Plahner – rocket-powered glider

RShR:

RSR:

RV:
 * Rekord Vysoty – record height

RVZ:

R-Z:

S:
 * 1. Skorostnoi - speedy
 * 2. Sparka – twin / coupled
 * 3. Samolet - aircraft
 * 4. Strelovidnoye [krylo] – swept wings

SB:
 * Russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик - Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik - high speed bomber,

SBB:

SB-RK:

SDB:
 * 1. Skorostnyi Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik – high-speed day bomber
 * 2. Strategicheskiy Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik – strategic long-range bomber

SE:

SEN:
 * Samolyot Yefremova i Nadiradze – Yefremova and Nadiradze's aircraft UT-2N

SG:
 * Samolet Gonochnii - Racing Aeroplane

Sh:
 * Shturmovik – attack

ShB:
 * 1. Shturmovik Bombardirovshchik – ShB (ШБ, Штурмовик-бомбардировщик – attack/bomber)
 * 2. Shturmovik Brovirovanny – armoured attack aircraft

ShBM:

ShM:

Sh-MAI:

ShON:
 * Shturmovik Osobogo Naznachyeniya – (ШОН, Штурмовик особого назначения – special purpose attack aircraft)

ShR:
 * Shassi [izdeliye] R – undercarriage [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for bicycle u/c test aircraft.

ShS:
 * Shtabnoi Samolet – staff aeroplane

SI:

SK:
 * Skorostnii Krylo – high-speed wing

SKB:
 * - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft

SKF:
 * Sanitarnyi Kabina Filatov – ambulance cabin

SKh:
 * Syel'skolkhozyaistyennyi - agricultural

SKIP:
 * Samoletnyy Komandno-Izmeritel'nyy Punkt – airborne measuring and control point Beriev Samolyot 976

SL:

SM:

SON:
 * Samolet Osobogo Naznachyeniya – aircraft special/personal assignment

SP:
 * 1. Spetzprimeneniya or Spetsialno Primeneniya – special purposes
 * 2. Stratosfernyi Plane – stratospheric glider

SPB:
 * Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik – (СПБ, Скоростной пикирующий бомбардировщик – high-speed dive bomber)

SPB/D:
 * Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik / D – fast dive bomber / D

SPBP:
 * Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikPoplavkii – fast dive bomberfloat

SPBBSB:
 * Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikBSB – fast dive bomber -

SPD:
 * Samolet Passazheerskiy Dal'niy - long-range passenger aircraft???? - (Ilyushin Il-18)

SPL:
 * 1. Svyazno Passazhirskii L – liaison passenger
 * 2. Samolyet dlya Podvodnikh Lodok – aeroplane for submarine boats

SPS:
 *  Skorostnoi Passazhirskii Samolet – high-speed passenger aircraft

SR:
 * skorstnoi Razvedchik – (СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance)

SRB:
 * Skorostnoi Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik – high-speed reconnaissance-bomber

SS:
 * Stratosfernii Samolyet – stratospheric aircraft

SSS:
 * Skoropodyemnyi Skorotrelnyi – speedster, high-speed lift, fast-shooter

STI:

SUVP:
 * Samolyet UrkVozdukhPut – aircraft Ukrainian civil aviation authority

SVB:
 * Samolet Vozdushnogo Boya – aircraft for air combat

T:
 * 1. Torpedonosyets – torpedo carrier
 * 2. Treugol'noye(треугольный) [krylo] - triangular wing

TA:
 * Transportnaya Amfibiya – transport amphibian

TAF:
 * Transportnaya Amfibiya Fotografichyeskii – transport amphibian, photographic

TB:
 * Tyazholyy Bombardirovshchik – heavy bomber

TI:
 * Treneirovochni Istrebitel (ТИ, Тренировочный истребитель – trainer fighter)

TIS:
 * Tyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya – heavy escort fighter

TISMA:
 * Tyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya Mnogotsyelevoi -A – heavy escort fighter, multirole A

TK:
 * Tjazholij Krejser - heavy cruiser

TOM:
 * Torpedonosyets Otkrytogo Morya – (Торпедоносец открытого моря – Torpedo bomber for open seas)

TPK:
 * - thick wing section

TRD:

TS:
 * Transportnyi Samolet – transport aircraft

TSh:
 * Tyazheli Shturmovik – heavy attacker

TShB:

TSK:
 * - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft - Pissarenko

U:
 * uchebnyy - trainer

ULK:
 * Universal'noye letayushchyeye Krylo – universal flying wing Grokhovskii G-37

UPB:
 * Uchyebno-erekhodnoi Bombardirovshchik – training transitional bomber

UPO:

UPS:
 * Upravleniye Pogranichnym Sloyem – boundary layer control

UR:
 * [sistema] oopravleniya [izdeliye] R – control [system] [product] R[Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation forpowered flying control system test aircraft.

USB:

UT:
 * Uchebno Trenirovochnyy - trainer

UTB:
 * Uchebno Trenirovochnyy Bombardirovshchik – bomber trainer

UTI:
 * Uchebno-trenirovochnyy Istrebitel'  - fighter trainer

UTPB:
 * Uchebno-trenirovochnyy Pikeeruyushchiy Bombardirovshchik – dive bomber trainer

VAT:
 * - Avietka non OKB designed light aircraft

VB:

VEK:

VI:
 * Vysotnyi Istrebitel – high altitude fighter

VIGR:

VIT:
 * Vozdushnyi Istrebitel Tankov – aerial tank fighter

VM:

VM-T:
 * Vladimir Myasischev-Transportnaya - Vladimir Myasischev - Transport

VNP:
 * Vozdushnii Nabludatyelnii Punkt - aerial observation point

VO:

VOP:

VP:
 * Vysotnyi Perekhvatchik – high altitude interceptor

VS:
 * Vystavlyaet Samolyet – demonstration aircraft

VSI:
 * VysokoSkorostnyi Istrebitel  – high speed fighter

VT:

VVA:

Ye:
 * Yedinitsa - one-off / single unit

Z:
 * Zveno-link/flight

ZIG:

OKB / Constructor Prefixes
ACh:
 * Charomskii engines

AIR:
 * Yakovlev in-house designations

An:
 * Antonov

Ar:
 * Arkhangyelskii

Be:
 * Beriev

BI:
 * Beresnyak - Isayev

-:
 * Chelomey

Chye:
 * Chyetverikov

DG:
 * Grigorovich in-house designations

Gu:
 * Gudkov

Il:
 * Ilyushin

KTs:
 * Koleznikov-Tsybin

La:
 * Lavochkin

LaGG:
 * Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov

Li:
 * Lisunov

MiG:
 * Mikoyan i Guryevich

Mi:
 * Mil

Mya:
 * Myasischev

NK:
 * Kuznetsov engines

NV:
 * Nikitin in-house designations

Pe:
 * Petlyakov

Po:
 * Polikarpov

RAF:
 * Rafaelyants in-house designations

Sh:
 * Shavrov

Shchye:
 * Shchyerbakov

Su:
 * Sukhoi

Ts:
 * Tsybin

Tu:
 * Tupolev

Ya:
 * Yakovlev in-house designations

Yak:
 * Yakovlev

Yer:
 * Yermolayev

Designation suffixes & prefixes
A:
 * 1. (suffix) Ahtomnyy – atomic, i.e. nuclear capable
 * 2. (suffix) - assault

AK:
 * 1. (suffix) Artilleriskii Korrektirovshchik – artillery correction
 * 2. (suffix) A [dlya podgotovki] Kosmonahvtov – A for cosmonaut training

AKS:
 * (suffix) Apparatoora Kosmicheskoy Svyazi – space communications equipment

ALK:
 * (suffix) Avtomatizeerovannaya [sistema] Lyotnovo Kontrolya – automatic flight check system

AS:
 * (suffix) AS – Slovakian upgrade MiG-29AS

AT:
 * (suffix) A Trahnsportnyy – A transport Il-18

AT-RD:
 * (suffix) A Trahnsportnyy Reaktivnyye Dvigateli – A transport Jet engine

AT-U:
 * (suffix) A Trahnsportnyy Ooskoriteli - A transport boosters

B:
 * 1. (suffix) Bombardirovshchik – bomber
 * 2. (suffix) Biplahn - biplane
 * 3. (suffix) B – second version MiG-31B

BI:
 * (suffix) -

BK:
 * (suffix) - MiG-23

BM:
 * 1. (suffix) B Modernizeerovannyy – B modernised MiG-31
 * 2. (suffix) Beloroosskaya Modernizahtsiya – Belorussian upgrade MiG-29BM
 * 3. (suffix) Booksirovshchik Misheney – target tug

BN:
 * (suffix) -

BS:
 * (suffix) B Stroyevaya [modernizahtsiya] – B in-service up-grade

BT:
 * 1. (suffix) BuksirTralshchik – towing minesweeper
 * 2. (suffix) B Trahnsportnyy – B transport Il-18

B/R:
 * (suffix) Bombardirovshchik-Razvedchik – bomber / reconnaissance

D:
 * 1. (suffix) Dahl'nomer - rangefinder
 * 2. (suffix) - MiG-27
 * 3. (suffix) - MiG-31D ASAT launcher
 * 4. (suffix) Derevyannyy - wooden
 * 5. (suffix) Dahl'niy - long-range
 * 6. (suffix) Dorabotannya - revised
 * 7. (suffix) Dvookhmesnyy - two-seat

DB:
 * (suffix) Dahl'niy Bombardirovshchik  - long-range bomber

DI:
 * (suffix) Dahl'niy Istrebitel'  - long-range

DM:
 * (suffix) Dopolnitel'nyye Motor – supplementary engine

DORR:
 * (suffix) [Samolyto] Dahl'niy Okeahnskiy Razvedchik Ryby – long-range ocean fishery reconnaissance aircraft

DP:
 * (suffix) Dvukmestnyi Polutoplan – two-seat sesquiplane

DSR:
 * (suffix) Dahl'niy Strategicheskiy Razvedchik – long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft

DTS:
 * (suffix) Desahntno-Trahnsportnyy i Sanitarnyy – assault transport/ambulance

DU:
 * (suffix) Dvoinyi Upravlenii – war control

DV:
 * (suffix) -  Pe-2DV

DZ:
 * (suffix) DoZaprahvka – in-flight refuelling

E:
 * 1. (suffix) Ekranoplan – wing in ground effect
 * 2. (suffix) Eksportnyy - export
 * 3. (suffix) Eksperimentahl'nyy - experimental

F:
 * 1. (suffix) Forseerovannyy - uprated
 * 2. (suffix) Fonar – canopy
 * 3. (suffix) Fotograficheskiy – photo
 * 4. (suffix) Fotorazvedchik - Photo-reconnaissance

FE:
 * (suffix) Frontovoy Eksportnyy – frontal/tactical export MiG-31

FG:
 * (suffix) FotokartGraficheskiy – photo survey / mapping

FK:
 * (suffix) FotoKartgraficheskiy – photo mapping

FKM:
 * (suffix) FotoKartgraficheskiy Modernizeerovannyy – photo mapping, modified

FKP:
 * (suffix) FotoKartgraficheskiy Modernizeerovannyy Passazheerskiy – photo mapping, passenger

FL:
 * (suffix) -

FN:
 * (suffix) -

FT:
 * (suffix) Frontovoye Trebovaniye – front-line request

FZ:
 * (suffix) Frontovoye Zadaniye –

GGO:
 * (suffix) Glavnaya Gheofizicheskaya Observatoriya – geophysical observatory

G:
 * 1. (suffix) Gak – hook arrestor hook equipped
 * 2. (suffix) G - Germany MiG-29G German upgraded
 * 3. (suffix) Ghidrosamolyot - floatplane
 * 4. (suffix) Groozovoy – cargo

GK:
 * 1. (suffix) Gruzovymi Kassetami – underwing cargo container
 * 2. (suffix) Germetichyeskoi Kabine – hermetic pressure cabin

Gr:
 * (suffix) Groozovoy – cargo

GrM:
 * (suffix) Groozovoy, Modernizeerovannyy – cargo, modified

GN:
 * (suffix) Golos Nyeba – voice from the sky

GT:
 * (suffix) GT – Germany upgraded trainer MiG-29GT German upgraded

I:
 * 1. (suffix) Indeeskiy - Indian
 * 2. (suffix) Issledovatel'skiy – research
 * 3. (suffix) Istrebitel – fighter
 * 4. (suffix) Izrail'skoye [obroodovaniye] – Israeli [equipment]

IB:
 * (suffix) Istrebitel Bombardirovshchik – fighter bomber

IS:
 * (suffix) Istrebitel soprovozhdeniya – escort fighter

ISh:
 * (suffix) Istrebitel' Shtoormovik – attack fighter

K:
 * 1. (suffix) - MiG-27
 * 2. (suffix) Kabina – cabin
 * 3. (suffix) Kommerchesky – commercial for export
 * 4. (suffix) Kompleks [vo'oruzheniya – weapons [system]
 * 5. (suffix) Konverteeruyennyy - convertible
 * 6. (suffix) Korabelnyi – ship based
 * 7. (suffix) Korotkonogii – short legged
 * 8. (suffix) Korrektovovshchik – correction
 * 9. (suffix) [dlya podgotovki] Kosmonahvtov – for cosmonaut training

KABB:
 * (suffix) Kombineerovnannaya Artillerisko Bombardirovochnaya Batareya Mozharovskovo i Venevidova – combined gun/bomb battery spotter designed by Mozharovskiy and Venevidova

Kh:
 * (suffix) Kholod - cold cryogenic fuel testbed

KR:
 * 1. (suffix) - MiG-27KR
 * 2. (suffix) KorrektiRovschchik – artillery spotter

KU:
 * (suffix) Korabel'nyy Oochebnyy – shipboard trainer

KUB:
 * (suffix) Korabel'nyy Oochebno-Boyevoy – shipboard combat trainer MiG-29KUB

KVP:
 * (suffix) Korotkiy Vzlyot Posahdka – short landing/STOL

L:
 * 1. (suffix) Laborotoriya – laboratory
 * 2. (suffix) Lesozashchita – forestry protection
 * 3. (suffix) Limuzin – cabin transport
 * 4. (suffix) Lyuks – de Luxe

LIK:
 * (suffix) Lytno-Ispytatel'nyy Kompleks – flight test complex

LL:
 * (suffix) Letyushchaya Laborotoriya – flying laboratory

LL-PLO:
 * (suffix) Letyushchaya Laborotoriya - Protivolodochnoy Obrony – flying laboratory – [ASW] anti submarine warfare

LNB:
 * (suffix) Lyegkii Nochnoi Bomardirovshchik – light night bomber

LP:
 * (suffix) LesopPozharnyy - forest patrol

LPL:
 * (suffix) Lyezhachi Polozheni Lyetchik – prone position pilot

LR:
 * (suffix) Ledovyy Razvedchik – ice reconnaissance

LS:
 * (suffix)0 Limuzin Svyarznoi -

LSh:
 * 1. (suffix) Lyzhnoye Shassee – ski undercarriage

undefined:
 * 2. (suffix) Lyokhkiy Shtoormovik – light attack aircraft

MF:
 * (suffix) -

M:
 * 1. (suffix) Manevreeruyushchaya - manoeuvering
 * 2. (suffix) Mishen - target
 * 3. (prefix) Mishen – [radio-controlled] target
 * 4. (suffix) Morskoi - marine
 * 5. (suffix) Modernizeerovannyy – up-dated/modernised
 * 6. (suffix) Modifikatsirovanni - modified
 * 7. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy – modified
 * 8. (suffix) Morskoi - marine
 * 9. (suffix) - meteorological

MD:
 * 1. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Dorabotannyy - modified, upgraded
 * 2. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Dahl'niy - modified, long-range

ME:
 * (suffix) Modernizeerovannyy Eksportnyy – up-dated/modernised export MiG-29ME

MF:
 * (suffix) Modifikahtsya dlya Filipin – Philippines export version MiG-29MF

MGA:
 * (suffix) Ministerstvo Grazhdahnskoy Aviahtsii – ministry of civil aviation Il-76MGA

MK:
 * 1. (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy Konverteeruyemyy – modified, convertible Il-76MK
 * 2. (suffix) Mekhanizeerovannoye Krylo – mechanised wings fitted with high lift devices

ML:
 * (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy - modified lightweight

MLA:
 * (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Ametist - modified lightweight fitted with Amethyst RADAR

MLD:
 * (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Dorabotannyy - modified lightweight, upgraded

MLDG:
 * (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Dorabotannyy, Gardeniya - modified lightweight, upgraded, [fitted with] Gardenia radar

MLG:
 * (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, Gardeniya - modified lightweight, [fitted with] Gardenia radar

MLS:
 * (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy, Lyohkiy, S - modified lightweight, S

MM:
 * (suffix) Mahlovysotnaya Mishen - low-altitude target

MMSh:
 * (suffix) Malya Mod Shturmovik – experimental engine attacker

MP:
 * (suffix) -  electronic countermeasures

MR:
 * (suffix) MeteoRazvedchik – weather reconnaissance

MS:
 * (suffix) -

MSh:
 * (suffix) MiShen - target

MT:
 * (suffix) -

MV:
 * (suffix) Modifitseerovannyy Vo'oruzhonnyy – modified armed

MZ:
 * (suffix) Modernizeerovannyy/Zaprahvshchik – modernised/tanker

N:
 * 1. (suffix) Nositel' [yadernovo oroozhiya] – [nuclear weapons] carrier
 * 2. (suffix) Nositel' [spetsboyepripasa] – [special weapons] carrier
 * 3. (suffix) N – [Malaysian export] MiG-29
 * 4. (suffix) Nit – [fitted with] Nit'-S1[SLAR]

NAK:
 * (suffix) NochnoArtilleriskyi Korrektovovshchik – night artillery correction

NUB:
 * (suffix) N Uchebno-Boevoy –[Malaysian export] combat trainer MiG-29

OB:
 * (suffix) Odnomestnyi Biplan – single-seat biplane

OES:
 * (suffix) Opytnny Experimental'nyy Samolyot – prototype experimental aircraft

ON:
 * 1. (suffix) Odnomestnyi Nizkoplan – single-seat low-wing monoplane
 * 2. (suffix) Osobogo Naznachyeniya – special/personal assignment

OP:
 * (suffix) OPerahtorskiy [samolyot] – [camera] operators [aircraft]

ORR:
 * (suffix) Okeahnskiy Razvedchik Ryby – ocean / fishery reconnaissance aircraft

OS:
 * (suffix) Opyshyennyi Stabilizator – trimmed stabiliser

OVT:
 * (suffix) Otklonyayemyy Vektor Tyaghi – thrust vector control

P:
 * 1. (suffix) Passazheerskiy – passenger
 * 2. (suffix) Perkhvatchik'  – interceptor
 * 3. (suffix) Pushechnyy – cannon armed
 * 4. (suffix) Pochtovyy [samolyot] – mailplane
 * 5. (suffix) Poplavkii – floats
 * 6. (suffix) Poolsa – stripe
 * 7. (suffix) Pozharnyy – forestry protection
 * 8. (suffix) Pererabotannyy - re-worked

PA:
 * (suffix) Perkhvatchik' Aerostahtov – balloon interceptor

PB:
 * (suffix) Planer Bombardirovshchik – glider bomber

PD:
 * 1. (suffix) Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny – interceptor modified
 * 2. (suffix) Podyomnyye Dvigateli – lift engines

PDS:
 * (suffix) Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny v Stroyoo – interceptor modified field-modified

PDZ:
 * (suffix) Perkhvatchik' Dorabotanny Zaprahvka – interceptor modified re-fuelling

PF:
 * (suffix) - photo mapping

PFS:
 * (suffix) -

PFU:
 * (suffix) -

PFV:
 * (suffix) -

PL:
 * (suffix) ProtivoLodochnyy - Anti-submarine

PLO:
 * (suffix) Protivolodochnoy Obrony – [ASW] anti submarine warfare

PM:
 * 1. (suffix) Pilotazhnyy Modifitseerovannyy – aerobatic modified
 * 2. (suffix) Perekhvatchik' Modernizeerovannyy – interceptor modified

PMU:
 * (suffix) Perekhvatchik' Modernizeerovannyy U – interceptor modified boosted

Polyarnyi:
 * (suffix) polar

PP:
 * 1. (suffix) Postanovshchik Pomekh – ECM aircraft
 * 2. (suffix) Protivopozharnyy – fire fighting

PPA:
 * (suffix) Patanovchik Pamech Aktivni'i – comint and jamming platform

PRT:
 * Poikovo-spasahtel'nyy Reaktivnyy [Ooskoritel'] Trahnsportnyy – SAR boosted transport

PS:
 * 1. (suffix) Pilotazhnyy Spetsiahl'nyy – aerobatic special
 * 2. (suffix) Pilotazhnyy Samolyot – aerobatic aircraft
 * 3. (suffix) Poiskovo-Spahtel'nyy – search and rescue

PT:
 * (suffix) Perkhvatchik' Teplvaya golovka samonavedeniya – interceptor with IR seeker head

PVO:
 * (suffix) Protivovozdushnaya Oborona – air defence

PVRD:
 * (suffix) Pryamototchnyye Vozdooshno Reaktivnyye Dvigatel - ramjets

PU:
 * (suffix) Perekhvatchik' Oochebnyy – interceptor trainer

PU-SOTN:
 * (suffix) Perekhvatchik' Oochebnyy – Samolyot Optiko-Televizionnovo Nablyudeniya – interceptor trainer – optical/TV surveillance aircraft

PuVRD:
 * (suffix) -

R:
 * 1. (suffix) -  Mi-10
 * 2. (suffix) Razvedchik – reconnaissance
 * 3. (suffix) Reaktivnyy – jet propelled reaction engines
 * 4. (suffix) Rekordnyi - record

RB:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik – reconnaissance bomber

RBK:
 * RBF (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik [izdeliye 02]F – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance [fitted with 'Shar' sigint package in izdeliye02]F

undefined:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Koob – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Koob' sigint package

RBN:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik Nochnoy – night reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance

RBS:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Sablya – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Sablya' SLAR

RBSh:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Shompol – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Shompol' sigint package

RBT:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Tangazh – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Tangazh' sigint package

RBV:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Virazh – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Virazh' sigint package

RBVDZ:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Virazh Dorabotannyy dlya Zapravki – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Virazh' sigint package and in flight refuelling

RBShDZ:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik s apparatooroy Shompol Dorabotannyy dlya Zapravki  – reconnaissance/bomber/electronic reconnaissance fitted with 'Shompol' sigint packageand in flight refuelling

RR:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Ryby – fisheries reconnaissance

RD:
 * (suffix) Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – jet propelled engine

REB:
 * (suffix) [Samolyot] RahdioElektronnoy Bor'byy – electronic countermeasures aircraft

REO:
 * (suffix) [Samolyot] RahdioElektronnoye Oboroodovaniye – electronic equipment test-bed [aircraft]

REP:
 * (suffix) RahdioElektronnoye Protivodeystviye - ECM Electronic Counter-Measures [aircraft]

RLD:
 * (suffix) Rahdio Lokatsionnyy Dozor – radar picket

RM:
 * (suffix) [samolyot] Razvedchik, Modifitseerovannyy – modified reconnaissance aircraft

RP:
 * (suffix) - fisheries reconnaissance

RR:
 * (suffix) [samolyot] Radiotsionnyy Razvedchik – radiation intelligence [aircraft]

RRV:
 * (suffix) Radiotsionnyy Razvedchik Vysotnyy – radiation intelligence [aircraft], high altitude

RT:
 * 1. (suffix) Reaktivnyy [ooskoritel'] Trahnsportnyy - jet booster transport
 * 2. (suffix) ReTranslyator – relay installation

RTL:
 * (suffix) ReTranslyator Laborotoriya – relay installation laboratory

RTR:
 * (suffix) [Samolyot] RahdioTekhnicheskoy Razvedki – electronic reconnaissance aircraft

RU:
 * (suffix) Razvedchik Oochebnyy – reconnaissance aircraft, trainer

RV:
 * 1. (suffix) Razvedchik Vysotnyy – reconnaissance aircraft, high altitude
 * 2. (suffix) Reaktivnyy [Ooskoritel'] V – boosted V An-24RV

S:
 * 1. (suffix) - MiG-29S
 * 2. (suffix) Salon – vip aircraft
 * 3. (suffix) Sanitarnyy - medical
 * 4. (suffix) Sapfeer – [fitted with] Sapfeer [radar]
 * 5. (suffix) Sereeynyy / Serinyi -series / production
 * 6. (suffix) Stabilizator - stabiliser
 * 7. (suffix) Strelovidnoye [krylo] – swept wings

SAU:
 * (suffix) Sistema Avtomaticheskovo Oopravleniya – [fitted with] automatic control system

SD:
 * (suffix) S Dozaprahvka – S in-flight refuelling MiG-29SD

SDB:
 * (suffix) Skorostnyi Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik – high-speed day bomber

SDK:
 * (suffix) Samolyot-Dooblyor Komety – Kometa missilemanned analogue MiG-17SDK

SE:
 * (suffix) S Eksportnyy – S export MiG-29SE

Sh:
 * (suffix) Shturmovik - attack

ShS:
 * (suffix) Shatbnoi Samolyet – staff aeroplane

ShT:
 * (suffix) Shtabnoy Trahnsportnyy – Staff/HQ transport

SIP:
 * (suffix) Samolyotnyy Izmeritel'nyy Poonkt – airborne measuring station

SK:
 * 1. (suffix) Spetsiahl'nyy Komahndnyy [samolyot] – special command [aircraft]
 * 2. (suffix) Samolyotnyy Komahndno-[izmeritel'nyy poonkt] – airborne [measuring and] control [point] ULL-76 / ULL-76-02

SKh:
 * (suffix) Sel'skoKhozyaistvennyy - agricultural sprayer/duster

SL:
 * (prefix) Samolyot-Laboratoriya – laboratory aircraft Leninets re-designated their research aircraft with the prefix SL, thus the Il-18SL was probably more correctly designated the SL-18A

SM:
 * (suffix) S Modernizeerovannyy - S modernised MiG-29SM

SMT:
 * (suffix) S Modernizeerovannyy Toplivo – up-dated/modernised, fuel Mig-29SMT

SMV:
 * (suffix) -  border surveillance Mi-8

SO:
 * Salon Obslooga – VIP service personnel

SOLF:
 * (suffix) Spetsializeerovannyy Oftal'mologicheskiy Letayushchiy Filiahl – specialised ophthalmic [surgery] flying branch office

SP:
 * (suffix) SpetzPrimeneniya or Spetsialno Primeneniya – special purposes

(СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance) SSS:
 * (suffix) Skoropodyemnyi SkoroStrelnyi – speedster, high-speed lift, fast-shooter

stk:
 * (suffix) [izdeliye S] trenirov-ochnoy Katapool'toy – training ejection system UTI-MiG-15stk

SU:
 * (suffix) Spahrennoye Oopravleniye – dual controls

T:
 * 1. (suffix) Tankovyi – tank buster
 * 2. (suffix) Tahksi - taxi
 * 3. (suffix) Teplovaya [glovka Samonavedeniya] – Infra-Red seeker
 * 4. (suffix) Toplivo - fuel
 * 5. (suffix) Torpedonosyets – torpedo carrier
 * 6. (suffix) Trahnsportnyy – transport
 * 7. (suffix) Trenirovochnyy – proficiency trainer
 * 8. (suffix) Tryokhkolyosnoye Shasee – tri-cycle undercarriage
 * 9. (suffix) Tyazhelovo'oruzhonny – heavily armed
 * 10. (suffix) Treugol'noye(треугольный) [krylo] - triangular wing

TB:
 * 1. (suffix) Trahnsportno-Booksirovshchik – transport / glider tug
 * 2. (suffix) -  Mil Mi-8TB

TBK:
 * (suffix) -  Mil Mi-8TBK

TD:
 * (suffix) Trahnsportno-Desahntnyy – transport / assault aircraft

TG:
 * 1. (suffix) Trahnsportno-Groozovoy – transport / cargo
 * 2. (suffix) -  LPG powered Mi-8

TK:
 * 1. (suffix) – anti-tank
 * 2. (suffix) - thin wing
 * 3. (suffix) Trahnsportnyy, Konverteeruyemyy – convertible passenger/cargo
 * 4. (suffix) ToorboKompressorom - turbo-charged

TKGK:
 * (suffix) ToorboKompressorom Ghermeticheskoy Kabinoy - turbo-charged [engine], hermetically sealed cabin

TM:
 * (suffix) Torpedonosets Modifitseerovannyy – modified torpedo bomber

TS:
 * (suffix) Trahnsportno-Sanitarnyy – transport / medical

TP:
 * 1. (suffix) Torpedonosets Poplavkovyy – Torpedo carrier floatplane
 * 2. (suffix) Trahnsportno-Paasazheerskiy – cargo / passenger

TV:
 * (suffix) Trahnsportnyy V – transport V

U:
 * 1. (suffix) Uchebnyi (Учебный - "Trainer")
 * 2. (suffix) Uloochshennyy – improved

UD:
 * (suffix) Oosovershenstvovannyy, Dereviannyy - improved, wooden

UF:
 * (suffix) Oochebnyy Fotosoprovozhdeniye – trainer-photographic support

UB:
 * (suffix) Uchebno-Boevoy – combat trainer

UBT:
 * (suffix) Uchebno-Boevoy Toplivo – combat trainer, fuel MiG-29UBT

UBM:
 * (suffix) Uchebno-Boevoy Modernizeerovannyy – combat trainer, modernised MiG-29UBM

US:
 * (suffix) oochebnyy Sdoov [Pogranichnovo Sloya] – trainer with BLC

USh:
 * 1. (suffix) Oochebno Shtoormanskiy [Samolyot] – navigator trainer aircraft
 * 2. (suffix) U Shtoormanskiy [Samolyot] – U trainer aircraft I-153USh

ULL:
 * (prefix) Ooniversahl'naya letyuschchaya Laboratoriya – universal flying laboratory

UM:
 * 1. (suffix) Oochebnyy, Modernizeerovannyy – upgraded trainer
 * 2 (suffix)  Uloochshennyy M – improved M new build Yak-9U's

US:
 * (suffix) -

UT:
 * (suffix) Uchyebno Trenirovochnyi – conversion/proficiency/educational training

UTG:
 * (suffix) Uchyebno Trenirovochnyi Gak – educational training with arrestor hook

UTI:
 * (suffix) oochebno Trenirovochnyy Istrebitel'  - fighter trainer

UV:
 * (suffix) Uloochshennyy Vyvoznoy – improved familiarisation training

UVP:
 * (suffix) Ookorochennyy Vzlyot i Posahdka - STOL

V:
 * 1. (suffix) - floatplane An-2 floatplane
 * 2. (suffix) - Il-18
 * 3. (suffix) Vysotnyy – height/high-altitude
 * 4. (suffix) Vyvoznoy – familiarisation training

V-TKGK:
 * (suffix)  Vysotnyi ToorboKompressorom Germetichyeskoi Kabine – high-altitude turbo-charged hermetic pressure cabin

VB:
 * (suffix) Visotnyi Bombardirovshchik – high altitude bomber

VI:
 * (suffix) Visotnyi Istrebitel – (ВИ, Высотный истребитель – high-altitude fighter)

VK:
 * (suffix) Vozdooshno-Kosmicheskiy – air/space [satellite launcher]

VKP:
 * (suffix) Vozdooshnyy Komahndnyy Poonkt – Airborne command post

VP:
 * (suffix) -

VPU:
 * (suffix) Vozdooshnyy Poonkt Oopravleniya – airborne command post

VRD:
 * (suffix) Vozdooshno Reaktivnyye Dvigatel - ramjets

VRDK:
 * (suffix) Vozdooshno-Reaktivnyy Dvigatel' Kompressornovo Tipa – compressor-type air-breathing engine

VS:
 * (suffix) Voiskovoi Seriya – military series

VT:
 * 1. (suffix) V Trahnsportnyy – V transport Il-18
 * 2. (suffix) Voyenno-Trahnsportnyy [samolyot] – military transport aircraft Il-114VT

undefined:
 * VV (suffix) Vertikahl'nyy Vzlyot – vertical take-off

VZPU:
 * (suffix) Vozduzhni'i Zapasdnoi Punkt Upravlenya – aerial emergency command post

ZA:
 * (suffix) Zondirovshchik Atmosfery – atmosphere sampler

Zh:
 * (suffix) Zhidkosnyy[reaktivnyy dvigatel] – liquid fuelled [rocket motor]

ZIG:
 * (suffix) Zavod Imyennyi Goltsman – Works named for Goltsman