On top yellow area reads Soyuz TM-MIR * Soyuz TMA-ISS and on the bottom reads PILOT-COSMONAUT OF RUSSIA * YURI MALENCHENKO.Patch depicts Russian Federation National flag, MIG-23 aircraft orbiting the Earth and Soyuz ship continying this orbit.Mig-23 fighter aircraft is a favorite plane of Malenchenko and he spent 500 hours flying this plane as test pilot of Russian Air Forces. Colonel Yuri Malenchenko was a commander of Soyuz TM-19 flight to MIR and also flown with American team on shuttle Atlantis in 2000.
MIG-23 aircraft orbiting the Earth and Soyuz ship continying this orbit. Mig-23 fighter aircraft is a favorite plane of Malenchenko and he spent 500 hours flying this plane as test pilot of Russian Air Forces.