The book, Russia's Top Guns: Soviet Air Power, provides a comprehensive review of 47 of the most important, capable aircraft in service with the former Soviet Union as of 1990.  The range of Sukhoi fighter and attack aircraft is covered as are the MiGs from the Korean War vintage MiG-15 right through to the latest aircraft, the MiG-31.  Soviet bombers are covered from the veteran 'Bison' to the more modern 'Backfire' and 'Bear' Strategic bombers.  Also surveyed are the many Soviet transport aircraft from the An-12 'Cub' which is the rough equivalent of the American Hercules to the gigantic 'Condor' which is larger than the American C-5 Galaxy.  Finally, the many Soviet helicopters are reviewed including the Mi-8 'Hip' and Mi-24 'Hind' made famous in Afghanistan during the 1980s.  This book includes the following major sections: 1) Antonov An-12 'Cub-A'; 2) Antonov An-12 'Cub-B/C/D'; 3) Antonov An-22 'Cock' 4) Antonov An-26 'Curl'; 5) Antonov An-72 'Coaler' and An-74; 6) Antonov An-124 Ruslan 'Condor'; 7) Beriev Be-12 'Mail'; 8) Ilyushin Il-20 'Coot-A'; 9) Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagle'; 10) Ilyushin Il-38 'May'; 11) Ilyushin Il-76 'Candid' and 'Mainstay'; 12) Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone' and Ka-27 'Helix'; 13) Kamov 'Hokum'; 14) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI 'Midget; 15) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 'Fresco'; 16) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 'Farmer'; 17) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 'Fishbed'; 18) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 'Flogger'; 19) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 'Foxbat'; 20) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 'Flogger'; 21) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 'Fulcrum'; 22) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31'Foxhound' 23) Mil Mi-1 'Hare'; 24) Mil Mi-4 'Hound'; 25) Mil Mi-6 'Hook'; 26) Mil Mi-8 / Mi-17 'Hip' and Mi-14 'Haze'; 27) Mil Mi-10 'Harke'; 28) Mil Mi-24 'Hind'; 29) Mil Mi-26 'Halo'; 30) Mil Mi-28 'Havoc'; 31) Myasischyev M-4 'Bison'; 32) Sukhoi Su-7 'Fitter'; 33) Sukhoi Su-15 / Su-21 'Flagon'; 34) Sukhoi Su-17 / Su-20 / Su-22 'Fitter'; 35) Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer'; 36) Sukhoi Su-25 'Frogfoot'; 37) Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker'; 38) Tupolev Tu-16 'Badger' (bombers, etc); 39) Tupolev Tu-16 'Badger' (ECM); 40) Tupolev Tu-22 'Blinder' and Tu-26 'Backfire'; 41) Tupolev Tu-95 'Bear'; 42) Tupolev Tu-126 'Moss'; 42) Tupolev Tu-142 'Bear'; 43) Tupolev Tu-? 'Blackjack'; 44) Yakovlev Yak-18 'Max'; 45) Yakovlev Yak-28 'Firebar'; 46) Yakovlev Yak-38 'Forger' and 47) Glossary.  Each aircraft covered in "Russia's Top Guns" contains details of specifications, performance and weaponry along with the aircraft's history, capabilties, structure and distribution.  In addition to this text, each surveyed aircraft includes color artworks showing markings, photographs and three-view line-drawings.  The most important aircraft also include extra text and more detailed cut-away diagrams.  In the end, this book will appeal to any serious aircraft modeler and to the military and aviation enthusiast alike.  This book is 144 pages and is in excellent condition.  The editor is Chris Marshall.  Edition published in 1990.