Tu-214PU-SBUS Airborne Communication Station

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Status: in service
Number built: 2
The two-letter initials “PU” – Flying command post
Abbreviation “SBUS” - “Special Onboard Communication Centre”
Registration: RA 64529 and RA 64530
Subordination: The Special Air Group for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The aircraft was developed to provide communications between command and the Supreme Military Staff, including the President of Russia, in the event of hostilities and emergencies.
The aircraft carries a special SBUS-214 communication node (installed in front of the vertical stabilizer, in a special aerodynamic fairing on the upper part of the fuselage in which it is believed to be housed).

Tu-214PU-SBUS Airborne Communication Station.

 

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