Close up of Be-12PS zero four yellow at the Saky runway.

The Russian-produced Beriev-12 "Chayka" (Seagull), NATO code name MAIL, was developed as an anti-submarine combat aircraft during the late 1950s. The first production Chayka encoutered its roll-out in December 1963. Almost ten years later, in June 1973, the last and 143rd Chayka rolled out of state factory number 86 in Taganrog.