Air Group
Group "Ulyanovsk" was to include 70 aircraft. It was planned following composition:
- 24 Sukhoi Su-33 (Su-27K) Fighters
- 24 Mikoyan MiG-29K Fighters
- 4 Yakovlev Yak-44 RLD Airborne early warning aircraft
- 16 Kamov Ka-27 Anti-submarine helicopters
- 2 Ka-27PS Search and rescue helicopters
The ship was equipped with two steam catapults "Lighthouse", created by the Proletarian factory, a springboard and 4 arresting gear . For storage of aircraft at the hangar deck had a size of 175 × 32 × 7,9 m on the flight deck of the aircraft rose by 3 lifts with carrying capacity of 50 tons (two on the starboard side and one on the left). In the stern of the optical system is housed landing "Moon".
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