Ulyanovsk was canceled while incomplete, at roughly forty percent completion in this account, with scrapping following in February 1992. Its proposed air group included Yak-44 radar-picket aircraft. Su-33 and MiG-29K fighters were considered for the fighter complement. A mixed force of about 44 fighters is recalled, while the precise composition remains open to debate.
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Ulyanovsk's proposed air group was overtaken by cancellation
The incomplete carrier was intended to carry fixed-wing early warning and a fighter force whose exact composition remained disputed.