Name	Explanation	Examples	Pictures
T	Stays for Sukhoj prototypes with delta wing Ttreugolnoe krylo	T-1, T-3 and more
TA	Transport amphibian Transprtnaja Amphibia	TA-1
Ta	Initials of Tairov Design Bureau	Ta-1, Ta-3
TAF	Transport amphibian, aerial variant Transprtnaja Amphibia, aeroFotosjemochnyj variant	TAF
TAGO, TASA, TASP, TAP	Abbreviations for the Tbilisi Aviation State Plant, as found in different sources.
TANTK	Taganrog Aviatsionnyj Nauchno-Tehnicheskij Kompleks Taganrog Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex, better known to the public as Beriev KB
TASS	Telegrafnoe Agenstvo Sovetskogo Souza Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union, major governmental press center		ITAR-TASS Home Page
TB	Heavy bomber Tiagiolij Bombardirovschik	TB-3, see alphabetic list for more TB's
TIS	Heavy escort fighter Tiajolij Istrebitel Soprovojdenija	TIS	-
TK	Turbocharger Turbo Kompressor
TK	Heavy Cruiser Tiazholij Krejser	TK-1, TK-4	-
TK	Maritime torpedo-bomber Torpedonisets Otkrytogo Moria	TOM-1	-
TsGVIA	Central Military Historic State Archive Tsentralnyj Voenno-Istoricheskij Governmental Arhiv
TSh	Heavy attack fighter Tiagiolij Shturmovik	TSh-1, TSh-2, TSh-3
TsKB	Central Design Bureau Tsentralnoe Konstructorskoe Bureau"	TsKB-1, TsKB-11, TsKB-57; see alhabetic list for more TsKB's
TsKB MS	Central Design Bureau for Seaplanes (Seaplanes Construction), later - Beriev KB; Tsentralnoe Konstructorskoe Bureau Morskih Samoliotov (or Morskogo Samoliotostroenija) Used as an internal design bureau designation, sometimes clipped to MS	TsKB MS-8
TsIAM	Central Aero Engine Institute Tsentralnyj Institut Aviatsionnykh Motorov
TTKh	Aircraft Tactic and Technical Characteristics, determined by TZ (see below) Tactico-Tekhnicheskie Kharacteristiki
Tu	Initials of Tupolev Design Bureau	Tu-2, Tu-14, Tu-160	, ,
TZ	(Set of) Technical Specifications, base for (aircraft) design project; Tekhnicheskoe Zadanie	-	-

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