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- From: thornley@deca.cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley)
- Subject: Re: A few questions about Soviet Military decorations
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- Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
- References: <BzzD2F.yM@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:24:39 GMT
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- From thornley@deca.cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley)
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- In article <BzzD2F.yM@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> craiga@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Craig R Albrechtson) writes:
- >
- >[I'm collecting Soviet stuff and need references.]
- >
- >Second question, Among the pins I have collected is a soviet air force
- >pilot wings. The are supposed to belong to what is called a "sniper pilot"
- >and that is supposed to be a elite group of pilots. Has any one heard of
- >such a group within the soviet air force.
- >
- >From what I've heard, it's an award for really good pilots. I might be
- able to dig up more info. They've been compared to USN Top Guns.
-
- BTW, there are two organizations of the Soviet military that looked like
- air forces: the air force, tasked with providing air support for the army,
- and the air defense force, tasked with defending the homeland. I don't
- know which one has sniper pilots (both, maybe).
-
- >[Description omitted, but medal has two Russian words.]
- >
- >The first word I will break it down and describe it as best as possible
- >It is six letters, the first letter looks like a cursive R, the next
- >two letters are ET, the fourth letter looks like a 4. the next letter
- >is a backwards N and the last letter is a K
- >
- I need more info on the first and fourth letters. If the first is symmetric
- with six "arms", it's a Zh, the curviest letter in the alphabet. If not,
- could you give a more detailed description? If the fourth letter has two
- feet supporting a closed area with both straight and curved segments, it's
- a D; if it has an upright with a curve to the left, it's a Ch. My best
- guess as to the pronunciation is Zhyetchik, and I don't have a dictionary
- here so I can't look it up.
-
- >the second word is spelled CHANUEP, except the N is backwards and the U is
- >upside down.
- >
- This one's not difficult - the word is pronounced Sniper. One guess what
- it means.
-
- If you're going to collect this stuff, I strongly suggest you invest in a
- Russian-English dictionary. You should be able to find one for not too
- much money in any good University bookstore, which I assume from your
- address you have access to.
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- DHT
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