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 banƙyama da kuma jirgin sama. Soviets sun tura su don tallafawa sojojin Kuomintang na kasar Sin a cikin Northern Expedition a kan shugabannin yaƙi a 1926 <unk> 27, da kuma sojojin China don kula da Railway na Gabas ta Gabas.
a cikin Manchuria a 1929. An kuma yi amfani da R-1s da R-2s don tallafawa ayyukan a lokacin Basmachi Revolt a tsakiyar Asiya.