Name Explanation Examples Pictures
R Reconnaissater
Razvedchik		 R-3, R-12 and other R's
but be ready to surprises ! There are different R's also...
RAF Aircraft designed by A.N.Rafaelants RAF-11
RATO Rocket-Assisted Take Off
RB, REB ECM
Radioelectronnaja Borba		 MiG-25R/RB
RBVZ
Russko-Baltijskij Vagonnyj Zavod
Russo-Baltic Cart Works;
In the early ages of aviation "mass" aircraft production could be based in any place with qualified workforce available. 		"Bolshoj Baltijskij"
Gakkel-5
RD Long-range Record
Record Dalnosti		 RD
RD-DB Long range recce/bomber
Razvedchik Dalnij - Dalnij Bombardirovshik		 RD-DB -
RK Telescope Wing
Razdviznoe Krylo		 RK, RK-1
RKKA Red Army of Workers and Farmers
Raboche-Krestjanskaya Krasnaya Armija		 - -
RKKVF Red Air Fleet of Workers and Farmers
Raboche-Krestjanskaya Krasny Aviatsionnij Flot		 - -
RKP(b) Rossijskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partia (bolshevikov)
Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks)		 - -
RNII Rocket Scientific Research Institution
Racketnij Nauchno-Issledovatelkij Institut
here RS-82/132mm rockets (aka "Katusha") were created... and a lot more.		 - -
RO Roketa Oboronitelnaja
Defensive rocket		 Mentioned at Pe-2 page -
ROM Open sea recce
Razvedchik Otkritogo Morja		 ROM-1, ROM-2
RU Roketnyj Uskoritel
Rocket Booster		 Pe-2RU page -
RVZ Remvozdukhozavod
Aircraft repair workshop		 Mentioned at K-1 page -
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