Kammala jumla mai zuwa: R-1 da R-2 sun yi amfani da su sosai ta hanyar Sojojin Soviet Air Force ta hanyar 1920s a matsayin mai ba da haske mai haske da kuma jirgin sama na jirgin sama. Soviets sun tura su don tallafawa sojojin Kuomintang na kasar Sin a cikin Northern Expedition a kan shugabannin yaki a 1926-1927, kuma a kan sojojin kasar Sin don
iko da Sin Eastern Railway a Manchuria a 1929. An kuma yi amfani da R-1s da R-2s don tallafawa ayyukan a lokacin Basmachi Revolt a tsakiyar Asiya.