Su-30 for Russian Air Force

Survival kit inside pilot seat on SU30SM. Pics from Latakia by Murad Gazdiev.

Actually its very similar to kit i have seen on Serbian Mig29s some years ago. Not identical tho.

Militarov wrote:







Survival kit inside pilot seat on SU30SM. Pics from Latakia by Murad Gazdiev.

Actually its very similar to kit i have seen on Serbian Mig29s some years ago. Not identical tho.

Most probably this is a standard survival kit in Russian ejection seats in all Russian planes. I wonder, how they put all this in the seat.

medo wrote:

Militarov wrote:







Survival kit inside pilot seat on SU30SM. Pics from Latakia by Murad Gazdiev.

Actually its very similar to kit i have seen on Serbian Mig29s some years ago. Not identical tho.

Most probably this is a standard survival kit in Russian ejection seats in all Russian planes. I wonder, how they put all this in the seat.

Very carefully packed inside, i belive there are instructions even how to pack it.

Militarov wrote:

medo wrote:

Militarov wrote:







Survival kit inside pilot seat on SU30SM. Pics from Latakia by Murad Gazdiev.

Actually its very similar to kit i have seen on Serbian Mig29s some years ago. Not identical tho.

Most probably this is a standard survival kit in Russian ejection seats in all Russian planes. I wonder, how they put all this in the seat.

Very carefully packed inside, i belive there are instructions even how to pack it.

Absolutely. There is also a parashut for pilot inside the seat.

From Syria, nice shot of missiles too.

Absolutely. There is also a parashut for pilot inside the seat.

The standard ejection seat used in MiG-29s and Su-27s and later aircraft weigh about 230kgs from memory and include a survival kit and inflatable shelter that can be used as a life boat. It also includes an AKS-74 and ammo from memory.

In the late 1980s or early 1990s there was a book specifically about the equipment included in the ejection seat...

Note however the seat does not include a parachute for the pilot... the pilot wears that on his back. It does include stabiliser droge chutes for the seat and parachutes for the seat itself.

GarryB wrote:

Absolutely. There is also a parashut for pilot inside the seat.

The standard ejection seat used in MiG-29s and Su-27s and later aircraft weigh about 230kgs from memory and include a survival kit and inflatable shelter that can be used as a life boat. It also includes an AKS-74 and ammo from memory.

In the late 1980s or early 1990s there was a book specifically about the equipment included in the ejection seat...

Note however the seat does not include a parachute for the pilot... the pilot wears that on his back. It does include stabiliser droge chutes for the seat and parachutes for the seat itself.

Here pilots have CZ99 pistol in their kit, before they had M57 TT or Zastava M84 Scorpion depending on preference coz they were allowed to choose.

Considering, that few months ago, when Indian Su-30MKI were in UK to have exercise with RAF Typhoons and British media than talk, that Su-30MKI was better because Typhoons were in training mode. On this picture you could find a switch for "Uchebny" and "Boevoy" (training and combat) in an engines control panel at the bottom of the pictures. I'm sure Indian Su-30MKI were also in training mode and not in combat mode, when having air combat exercise with Typhoons in UK. So these excuses in UK medias will not hold the water.

medo wrote:

Considering, that few months ago, when Indian Su-30MKI were in UK to have exercise with RAF Typhoons and British media than talk, that Su-30MKI was better because Typhoons were in training mode. On this picture you could find a switch for "Uchebny" and "Boevoy" (training and combat) in an engines control panel at the bottom of the pictures. I'm sure Indian Su-30MKI were also in training mode and not in combat mode, when having air combat exercise with Typhoons in UK. So these excuses in UK medias will not hold the water.

Indians always  fly in training mode during international exercises, they did same on Red Flag and in India few years ago when they flew aganist Americans. Its way of preserving radar signature data.

Militarov wrote:

medo wrote:

Considering, that few months ago, when Indian Su-30MKI were in UK to have exercise with RAF Typhoons and British media than talk, that Su-30MKI was better because Typhoons were in training mode. On this picture you could find a switch for "Uchebny" and "Boevoy" (training and combat) in an engines control panel at the bottom of the pictures. I'm sure Indian Su-30MKI were also in training mode and not in combat mode, when having air combat exercise with Typhoons in UK. So these excuses in UK medias will not hold the water.

Indians always  fly in training mode during international exercises, they did same on Red Flag and in India few years ago when they flew aganist Americans. Its way of preserving radar signature data.

For sure Malaysian Su-30MKM fly in training mode too, when they had a training against F-22A. Point is, that it is not only NATO, who have training mode for their flying caracteristics and that if both planes fly in training mode, than they both have equal conditions.

http://vpk.name/news/142704_belorussiya_planiruet_priobresti_v_rossii_istrebiteli_su30sm.html

Belarus plans to buy Su-30SM fighters after 2020 to replace aging MiG-29 fighters.

medo wrote:http://vpk.name/news/142704_belorussiya_planiruet_priobresti_v_rossii_istrebiteli_su30sm.html

Belarus plans to buy Su-30SM fighters after 2020 to replace aging MiG-29 fighters.

Man, no love for the Mig.

AlfaT8 wrote:

medo wrote:http://vpk.name/news/142704_belorussiya_planiruet_priobresti_v_rossii_istrebiteli_su30sm.html

Belarus plans to buy Su-30SM fighters after 2020 to replace aging MiG-29 fighters.

Man, no love for the Mig.

Well yeah, possible customers for MiG29 derivates is shrinking quite alot, everyone going for SU27 derivates.

Su-30SM

Militarov wrote:

AlfaT8 wrote:

medo wrote:http://vpk.name/news/142704_belorussiya_planiruet_priobresti_v_rossii_istrebiteli_su30sm.html

Belarus plans to buy Su-30SM fighters after 2020 to replace aging MiG-29 fighters.

Man, no love for the Mig.

Well yeah, possible customers for MiG29 derivates is shrinking quite alot, everyone going for SU27 derivates.

Yes, with the decision to replace the Mig-29's at Millerovo with the Su-30SM makes you wonder where the 30 or so planned Mig-35's will be stationed if ordered at all?

franco wrote:

Militarov wrote:

AlfaT8 wrote:

medo wrote:http://vpk.name/news/142704_belorussiya_planiruet_priobresti_v_rossii_istrebiteli_su30sm.html

Belarus plans to buy Su-30SM fighters after 2020 to replace aging MiG-29 fighters.

Man, no love for the Mig.

Well yeah, possible customers for MiG29 derivates is shrinking quite alot, everyone going for SU27 derivates.

Yes, with the decision to replace the Mig-29's at Millerovo with the Su-30SM makes you wonder where the 30 or so planned Mig-35's will be stationed if ordered at all?

Maybe they are replacing one MiG-29 regiment in Millerovo with Su-30SM to have more of those fighters near the hot spots like in Ukraine and in ME and they are available now, while MiG-35 is not yet available. I still think majority of Su-30SM and Su-35 regiments will be in the Far East, because those regions are not that heavy populate as European part and those fighters need to cover larger distances and producers are nearer for maintenance. I still think MiG-35 will be the main fighter in European part of Russia.

medo wrote:

franco wrote:

Militarov wrote:

AlfaT8 wrote:

medo wrote:http://vpk.name/news/142704_belorussiya_planiruet_priobresti_v_rossii_istrebiteli_su30sm.html

Belarus plans to buy Su-30SM fighters after 2020 to replace aging MiG-29 fighters.

Man, no love for the Mig.

Well yeah, possible customers for MiG29 derivates is shrinking quite alot, everyone going for SU27 derivates.

Yes, with the decision to replace the Mig-29's at Millerovo with the Su-30SM makes you wonder where the 30 or so planned Mig-35's will be stationed if ordered at all?

Maybe they are replacing one MiG-29 regiment in Millerovo with Su-30SM to have more of those fighters near the hot spots like in Ukraine and in ME and they are available now, while MiG-35 is not yet available. I still think majority of Su-30SM and Su-35 regiments will be in the Far East, because those regions are not that heavy populate as European part and those fighters need to cover larger distances and producers are nearer for maintenance. I still think MiG-35 will be the main fighter in European part of Russia.

There are only 2 Mig-29 regiments left, both on the Ukrainian border. The rest are Su-27 or derivatives and Mig-31's.

We are already on November and i dont see the amount of deliveries of last years for Su-30SMs

George1 wrote:We are already on November and i dont see the amount of deliveries of last years for Su-30SMs

What do you mean? Last year it was 18 planes for VKS, 3 for VMF. This year it's 18 VKS, 5 VMF, 4 Kazakh AF.

ult wrote:

George1 wrote:We are already on November and i dont see the amount of deliveries of last years for Su-30SMs

What do you mean? Last year it was 18 planes for VKS, 3 for VMF. This year it's 18 VKS, 5 VMF, 4 Kazakh AF.

yes last year was 21 planes delivered. Till now this year there have been deliverd 5 planes for VMF and only 3 for VKS, 8 in total

George1 wrote:

ult wrote:

George1 wrote:We are already on November and i dont see the amount of deliveries of last years for Su-30SMs

What do you mean? Last year it was 18 planes for VKS, 3 for VMF. This year it's 18 VKS, 5 VMF, 4 Kazakh AF.

yes last year was 21 planes delivered. Till now this year there have been deliverd 5 planes for VMF and only 3 for VKS, 8 in total

I don't know about deliveries, but I have pictures of 9 new Su-30SM's produced for VKS and according to reports there is at least one more of which I don't have a picture.

For VMF the borts for this year are blues 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42.
For VKS the borts are reds 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 and 10. I have pictures of all but 02.

George1 wrote:

ult wrote:

George1 wrote:We are already on November and i dont see the amount of deliveries of last years for Su-30SMs

What do you mean? Last year it was 18 planes for VKS, 3 for VMF. This year it's 18 VKS, 5 VMF, 4 Kazakh AF.

yes last year was 21 planes delivered. Till now this year there have been deliverd 5 planes for VMF and only 3 for VKS, 8 in total

Millerovo airbase got 5 Su-30SM already - 03, 04, 05, 07, 08.

We could see photos of Su-30SM in Syria carrying bombs to bomb terrorists. Anyone knows if satellite guided KAB-500S is integrated in Su-30SM? For now we only know, that Su-34 use them for precision attacks on terrorist objects.

Article and pictures of new Su-30SM's at Millerovo;
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1567370.html

3 more should arrive soon with a total of 12 more by year's end.

EDIT: with 39 delivered to date and another 12 to be by year's end, that would mean 51 delivered out of 60 ordered by the end of 2015.