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Sergei Safronov (fighter pilot)

Index Sergei Safronov (fighter pilot)

Sergei Ivanovich Safronov (Серге́й Ива́нович Сафро́нов; 25 March 1930 – 1 May 1960) was a senior lieutenant in the Soviet Air Defense Forces. [1]

26 relations: Degtyarsk, Francis Gary Powers, Friendly fire, Glasnost, Gus-Khrustalny (town), Identification friend or foe, Ivanovo Oblast, Lockheed U-2, May Day, Mikoyan MiG-31, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, Order of the Red Banner, Penn State University Press, Perm International Airport, Random House, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, S-75 Dvina, Senior lieutenant, Soviet Air Defence Forces, Soviet Air Forces, Soviet Union, Surface-to-air missile, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yegoshikha Cemetery, 1960 U-2 incident, 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Degtyarsk

Degtyarsk (Дегтя́рск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Revda in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazovka River (right tributary of the Chusovaya), west of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Francis Gary Powers

Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977)—often referred to as simply Gary Powers—was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.

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Friendly fire

Friendly fire is an attack by a military force on non-enemy, own, allied or neutral, forces while attempting to attack the enemy, either by misidentifying the target as hostile, or due to errors or inaccuracy.

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Glasnost

In the Russian language the word glasnost (гла́сность) has several general and specific meanings.

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Gus-Khrustalny (town)

Gus-Khrustalny (Гусь-Хруста́льный) is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Gus River (a tributary of the Oka River) south of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Identification friend or foe

Identification, friend or foe (IFF) is an identification system designed for command and control.

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Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast (Ива́новская о́бласть, Ivanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).

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Lockheed U-2

The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-jet engine, ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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May Day

May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May.

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Mikoyan MiG-31

The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Микоян МиГ-31; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for use by the Soviet Air Forces.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twin jet-engined fighter aircraft.

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Order of the Red Banner

The Order of the Red Banner (transl) was the first Soviet military decoration.

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Penn State University Press

Penn State University Press, also called The Pennsylvania State University Press, was established in 1956 and is a non-profit publisher of scholarly books and journals.

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Perm International Airport

Perm International Airport (Международный аэропорт Пермь) is an international airport located at Bolshoye Savino, southwest of the city of Perm, Russia.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR; Ru-Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика.ogg), also unofficially known as the Russian Federation, Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the laboring and exploited people, article I or Russia (rɐˈsʲijə; from the Ρωσία Rōsía — Rus'), was an independent state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest, most populous, and most economically developed union republic of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991 and then a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level legislation in 1990 and 1991.

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S-75 Dvina

The S-75 (Russian: С-75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system, built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance.

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Senior lieutenant

Senior lieutenant (yliluutnantti, Oberleutnant, старший лейтенант, starshy leytenant premiärlöjtnant) is a military grade between a lieutenant and a captain.

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Soviet Air Defence Forces

The Soviet Air Defence Forces (войска ПВО, voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony, voyska PVO, V-PVO, lit. Anti-Air Defence Troops; and formerly protivovozdushnaya oborona strany, PVO strany, lit. Anti-Air Defence of the Nation) was the air defence branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.

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Soviet Air Forces

The Soviet Air Forces (r (VVS), literally "Military Air Forces") was the official designation of one of the air forces of the Soviet Union.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Surface-to-air missile

A surface-to-air missile (SAM, pronunced), or ground-to-air missile (GTAM, pronounced), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles.

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Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast (Свердло́вская о́бласть, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District.

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Yegoshikha Cemetery

Yegoshikha Cemetery (Russian: Егошихинское кладбище) is the principal cemetery of the Russian city of Perm.

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1960 U-2 incident

On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory.

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764th Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO is a regiment of the Russian Air Force.

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Sergei Ivanovich Safronov (fighter pilot), Sergey Ivanovich Safronov (fighter pilot), Sergey Safronov (fighter pilot).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Safronov_(fighter_pilot)

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