Long-Range Aviation

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Long-Range Aviation

a type of aviation in the Soviet Air Force. Until 1942 long-range aviation was called long-range bombardment aviation. In March 1942 the name was changed to strategic aviation. In 1946 it was renamed long-range aviation and designated for the performance of independent missions to destroy important objects deep in the enemy rear and for joint operations with commands and large units of the other armed services. On the basis of flight and tactical characteristics. aircraft armament, and the nature of missions performed, long-range aviation is divided into missile-bearing aviation, bombardment aviation, and reconnaissance aviation.

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No references found			The growth of Soviet long-range aviation in the late 1940s, and the test of a Soviet atomic bomb in 1949, brought Canada and the United States under direct threat of nuclear attack for the first time, encouraging even closer cooperation in continental defense. The enduring value of NORAD by Renuart, Victor, E., Jr. / Joint Force Quarterly Putin "revalued the role of long-range aviation," Dmitry Kostyunin, deputy commander of the long-range bomber division based in Engels told reporters. Russian nuclear bombers relive Soviet glory by AFP / AFP Global Edition Gen Pavel Androsov, the commander of long-range aviation, boasted that sortie prompted the US to scramble fighter jets which flew so close to the Russians that the pilots "smiled at each other and then peacefully went their separate ways". Moscow Orders Long-Range Bomber Flights by APS Diplomat News Service			long-distance running long-distance xerography Long-Eared Fox Long-Eared Owl Long-Eared White Swine long-haul carrier system long-haul radio long-hole drill long-hole jetting long-life items long-life lamp long-line current long-line effect long-lines engineering long-nose pliers long-oil alkyd long-oil varnish long-period tide long-period variable long-persistence screen long-pillar work long-playing long-playing record long-radius elbow Long-Range and Short-Range Order Long-Range Aviation long-range chart Long-Range Fire long-range forecast long-range materiel requirements long-range navigation zone long-range order long-sighted long-span steel framing long-staple cotton long-tail pair Long-Tailed Tit Long-Term Credit long-term memory long-term potentiation long-term predictor long-term repeatability long-time burning oil long-time trend long-tube vertical evaporator long-wall mining Long-Wave Radiation long-wave radio long-wavelength infrared radiation long-wire antenna long-wool			Long-Pulse Infra Red Long-Pulse Spallation Source Long-Pulsed Dye Laser long-radius elbow long-range long-range long-range Long-Range Accuracy Long-Range Acoustic Propagation Long-Range Acoustic Propagation Project Long-Range Acoustic Transmission Long-Range Active Duty Program Long-Range Addition Long-Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System Long-Range Aid to Navigation Long-Range Air ASW Capable Aircraft Long-Range Air Defense System Long-Range Air Interdiction Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile Long-Range Airborne ASW System Long-Range Alpha Detection Long-Range and Short-Range Order Long-Range Antisubmarine Rocket Long-Range Army Materiel Requirements Plan Long-Range Army Requirements Plan Long-Range Attack Missile Long-Range Aviation Long-Range Aviation Training Support Long-range ballistic missile Long-range ballistic missile Long-Range Biological Stand-Off Detection System Long-Range Biological Standoff Detection System long-range bomber aircraft Long-Range Budget Long-Range Building Program long-range chart Long-Range Combat Aircraft Long-Range Construction Plan Long-Range Control Element Long-Range Conventional Cruise Missile Long-Range Conventional Stand-Off Weapon Long-Range Cordless Telephone Long-Range Coverage Solution Long-Range Dual-Mode Missile Long-Range Effects Research Program Long-Range Electro-Optical Long-Range Electro-Optical Navigation Receiving System Long-Range Electron Transfer Long-Range Environmental Transport Long-Range Facilities Master Plan Long-Range Facilities Plan Long-Range Fading Prediction

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