Several Soviet-built aircraft began to arrive in the early 1960s.

Originally, the airline operated several ageing Soviet-built aircraft.

SyrianAir had ultimately to resort to Soviet-built aircraft in order to expand its fleet.

Beginning in the late 1960s, and for several decades, Area 51 played host to an assortment of Soviet-built aircraft.

As such there was an inflow of Soviet-built aircraft to support the government in the civil war up to 1992.

All 29 people aboard the Soviet-built aircraft were killed, the Afghan radio said.

Both deadly accidents occurred on final approach, and both involved Soviet-built aircraft.

Cubana thus became the first airline in the Americas at that time to operate Soviet-built aircraft.

After the early 1990s, spare parts for Cubana's Soviet-built aircraft became increasingly harder to source.

Originally equipped with Soviet-built aircraft, the Chinese began full production of the H-5 by 1965.