trans-sonic: Air speeds approaching Mach 1.0.
valuta: Russian, hard currency.
Voyentorg: Soviet acronym, Military Exchange Store.
vozdukh: Russian, air or aerial.
VVS: Soviet acronym, Air Force.
wingroot: The point at which an aircraft’s wing joins the fuselage; wingroots are often extended in high-performance fighters to produce lift at high AOAs.
Yak-28: A Yakovlev Design Bureau Air Defense fighter.
ZAGS: Soviet acronym, State Wedding Palace.
zampolit: Soviet acronym, Political Officer.
Zil: Soviet automobile manufacturer most associated with luxury limousines.
ZU-23: Soviet design 23mm antiaircraft cannon.
zveno: Russian, “link,” a four-aircraft military formation.
Photo Insert
Alexander Zuyev, age nine months, with mother, Lydia, Samara.
Alexander Zuyev, age 7; first day of school, Samara, 1968.
Father, Mikhail Zuyev, teaching science class, Samara.
With Soviet Air Force Chief of Staff, Marshall Pavel Kutakhov, Ruslan Air Base, Georgia, 1983.
MiG-23, military display, Red Army Day, Vasiani, 1985.
Discussing MiG-29 with Mikoyan OKB test pilot, Boris Orlov, 1985.
Certificate for flying “4th Generation” aircraft, awarded after first MiG-29 flight, August, 1985.
Ankara, Turkey, May, 1989, after escape flight; note wounded right arm cast.
America: with former Senator Barry Goldwater, 1991.
With American MiG-29 killers after Operation Desert Storm; Left: Lt. Nick “Mongo” Mongillo, USN, of VFA-81; Right: Capt. Chuck “Sly” McGill, USMC, serving as exchange pilot with USAF 33 TFW.
With the Navy’s Blue Angels, Lt. John Foley, USN, San Diego Air Show, 1990.
USS Abraham Lincoln, welcoming ceremony after carrier landing, with F-14 Aardvarks Squadron, VF-114, 1991.
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