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Old 16th Sep 2015, 05:39
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Is there an 'Andrei Tupolev' anniversary of some kind around now?
They can keep so few of the things running, most of the ones that remain are named: Aleksandr Golovanov, Aleksandr Novikov; Mikhail Gromov crashed a while back. I can't remember any more. At one time, they wanted a fleet of 30. They have 15 or so now and maybe 5 or 6 can actually get WOG.

Edit: Fount of All Human Knowledge says 11 are "combat-ready". I don't know if that includes the 4 trainers. So either 11 or 16 can fly.

Last edited by Bushfiva; 16th Sep 2015 at 05:43. Reason: Should have wiki'd this in the first place...
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