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GKNII-3 astronaut group, 1989

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Requirement: test pilots for Buran spaceplane

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Tokarev Russian test pilot cosmonaut 1989-2008. Russian Air Force test pilot, flying 44 types of aircraft and helicopters. Selected as Buran test pilot in 1987. From 1994, commander cosmonaut group for aerospace systems.
Yablontsev Russian test pilot cosmonaut, 1989-1996.
Polonski Russian test pilot cosmonaut, 1989-1991. Test pilot and Colonel, Soviet Air Force Test Pilot School. Cosmonaut training March 1989 - April 1991. Later a test pilot at Khalovskaya.