Su-30 for Russian Air Force

franco wrote:From an article in the Military Aviation thread posted today by George1;

The production of Su-30SM multi-functional fighters by 2022 will be practically completed. According to Kommersant's information, the UAC needs to ensure the loading of capacities of about 100 Su-30SM by 2022 - about 50 will be purchased for naval aviation needs, and 50 will be exported. After that, all military programs (with the exception of combat training Yak-130 and training Yak-152) will go to the Sukhoi corporation (the manufacturer of the Su-35 and Su-57 fighters).

NOTE: There will be 16 left under order after 2017 delivers are complete. So perhaps another 50 by the end of 2022 (4 years)? Will have wait and see if that means another 66 after this year or only a total of 50.

miketheterrible wrote:Guess Irkut will rely on trainer jet production and MS-21 and that's it. I figured the Su-30 was very lucrative for them, and they will hand all future dealings of it to KnAAPO itself instead. Interesting. So future upgrades and production will be handled by KnAAPO meaning even Su-30MKI upgrades, SM1, SME, etc. So producer of Su-30MK series will have chance to upgrade both line of jets. Since they have all the newest tech too.....

Stealth planes with they limited internal weapon space simply cannot load long range missiles that would be effective at ranges where they can avoid being detected by active plane radar before.

franco wrote:I suspect we will know the answer sooner (2018) or later (2022)

miketheterrible wrote:Just as a note, as mentioned in the article that Franco is talking about, Irkutsk stated that the production of the Su-30SM, etc would transfer to KnAAPO after 2022.  This means that KnAAPO would then be manufacturing them, which isn't far from reality seeing as how they manufactured Su-30MK, MKM, M2, etc.  In this regard, they will just do the SM (Irkutsk may get a profit from it obviously as it falls under UAC).  So that doesn't mean that production will stop, it will transfer to elsewhere, where they already have the existing tools to do it, while Irkutsk relies on the two trainers and the MS-21.  Su-30SM has lots of interest to it from third parties and even at home itself, and as it was said, both Su-30SM and Su-35 have potentials not even fully implemented, meaning that there is a lot more that can be done to upgrade the jets to make them real beasts.  This can be included new radar, new sensors, chassis improvement, etc.  It was also mentioned there will be more orders for the jets for the RuAF as Bondarev said that more emphasis will be placed on purchases of Su-30SM and Su-35 due to their capabilities and cost.

AMCXXL wrote:http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12140129@egNews
08/28/2017
The party of new Su-30SM fighter aircraft entered the Aviation Regiment of the Air Defense Forces in the Kursk Región

The fighters of the generation "4+" Su-30SM made a flight from the airfield of the Irkutsk aircraft factory to man the squadrons of the aviation regiment of the Western Military District (ZVO), based in the Kursk region.
During the planned rearmament, the regiment received two super-maneuverable Su-30SM fighters. Aviation equipment will go into the regiment's combat strength and take up protection of air borders.
At present, the pilots have completed the retraining at the base of the Lipetsk Aviation Center of the VKS and carried out the first sorties with the combat employment of aviation weapons.


This two could be the series 1416 and 1417 , deployed after the 1418-19-20 of last week

George1 wrote:
According to available information, in total in 2017 the 14th Aviation Regiment is to receive 14 Su-30SM aircraft.

George1 wrote:Here says 72 in total Su-30SMs for the Air Force

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/2841997.html
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AMCXXL wrote:
Post n°594

The account is simple:
1001 to 1020 are 20 planes
1101 to 1120  " "
1201 to 1220  " "
1301 to 1320  " "
1401 to 1420 are 20

Total 100: 6 for Kazajstán and 94 for Russia


Post n°596
The planes made by year for Russia:
2 planes in 2012:  2 for VKS in Akhtubisnk
14 planes in 2013: 14 for VKS (4 Lipestk , 10 Domna)
21 planes in 2014: 18 for KVS (14 Domna , 4 Dzemgi) and 3 for Navy (Saki)
27 planes in 2015: 22 for VKS (18 Millerovo , 4 Akhtubisnk) and 5 for Navy (Saki)
19 planes in 2016: 12 for VKS (2 Millerovo , 2 "East" , 8 Kubinka) and 7 for Navy (4 Saki , 2 Severomorsk , 1 Chernyakhovsk)
17 planes in 2017: 12 for KVS (6 Kursk and 6 more expected in 2017) and 5 for Navy (Chernyakhovsk)

Then 94 deployed (74 VKS , 20 Navy) and 6 more expected for VKS , a total of 100 at the end of 2017

GunshipDemocracy wrote:[size=16]Combat squadron of Su-30SM fighters will be formed in the west of Russia in 2018

MOSCOW, November 23. / TASS /. The combat squadron, armed with Su-30SM fighters, will be formed in the Western Military District in 2018. This was announced on Thursday in the press service of the district.

The aviation association will receive fighters for the formation of a squadron in the Kursk region from the Irkut Corporation. "The next batch of aircraft has already been accepted at the manufacturing plant by the engineering and technical personnel of the military unit and prepared for the flight with a length of more than five thousand kilometers," the press service said. The new aircraft will be replaced by the MiG-29SMT fighters as per the rearmament plan.
In 2018, another military squadron, armed with a new generation of fighters, is planned in the Western Military District.
The super-maneuverable Su-30SM fighter is designed to gain dominance in the air, block enemy airfields at great depths, destroy air, land and sea targets, including at night and difficult meteorological conditions. The aircraft is able to use modern and prospective high-precision weapons of the air-to-air and air-to-surface class.
Подробнее на ТАСС:
http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/4752264

hoom wrote:This has been doing the rounds recently

Apparently an airdrop into Deir es Zour in Syria so presumably a couple of months back before that seige got lifted.

Thats some impressive control/ability but wingtip on the break must have been incredibly close to disaster.

franco wrote:More Su-30SM's to Kursk;

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/2996263.html

George1 wrote:The Armed Forces of Russia received the hundredth Su-30SM fighter

   As reported by the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO), the 100th Su-30SM fighter built at the Irkutsk aircraft factory for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation completed the manning of the squadron of the air defense regiment in the Kursk region.

   On December 11, 2017, the link of the Su-30SM fighter aircraft completed the relocation to the Aviation Regiment of the Western Military District (ZVO) stationed in the Kursk Region to complete the first combat air squadron.


The 100th Su-30SM fighter (board number "82 red", serial number 10MK5 1506) received by the Russian Armed Forces during the flight from Tolmachevo Airport (Novosibirsk) after the intermediate landing on the flight from Irkutsk to the airfield Khalino (Kursk), 09.12.2017 (с) Artem Orlov / vk.com/artemorlovnsk


 On December 9, the aircraft crews, after accepting them at the manufacturing plant by the engineering and technical personnel of the military unit, began a long flight from the airfield of the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant to the airfield of the permanent airborne base in the Kursk region.

"The Russian heavy multipurpose fighters of the generation 4 ++ Su-30SM successfully relocated from the aerodrome of the aircraft factory" Irkut ". They flew in difficult meteorological conditions with two landings with a length of more than 5 thousand kilometers. Also in the new combat squadron came the hundredth board created at the aircraft factory for the acquisition of military aviation units of the aerospace forces of the Russian Federation, "said Colonel Roman Kosteniuk, temporarily acting commander of the airborne division of the ZVO.

 In 2018, the supply of new types of aircraft will continue. Another fighting squadron will be formed, armed with super-maneuverable fighters of the new generation.

 The bmpd comment. Thus, as already reported, three new Su-30SM fighters were included in the 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 105th Mixed Air Division of the 6th Leningrad Red Banner Army Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District at the airfield Khalino (Kursk). The aircraft have red board numbers "78", "81" and "82" (corresponding serial numbers 10МК5 1502, 10МК5 1505 and 10МК5 1506) and were built by the Irkutsk Corporation Irkutsk Aircraft Plant (IAZ) under the 2017 program.

 The arrival of these three vehicles in Khalino on December 11 allowed the completion of the Su-30SM fighter aircraft in the 14th regiment of one full squadron of 12 aircraft, in the course of the rearmament of the regiment started in 2017 with the Algerian MiG-29SMT fighters for airplanes Su-30SM.

 Earlier, nine Su-30SM fighters built by the IAZ under the 2017 program arrived in the 14th regiment. The first two Su-30SM fighters (red board numbers "71" and "72", serial numbers 10МК5 1412 and 10МК5 1413) arrived in Halino on June 3, 2017, the next two (red side numbers "73" and "74", serial numbers 10MK5 1414 and 10MK5 1415) arrived on July 27, and the next two (red board numbers "75" and "76", serial numbers 10МК5 1416 and 10МК5 1417) arrived on August 28. On October 3, a fighter with the number "77 red" (serial number 10MK5 1501, also with the aircraft number 78 "red") was also brought to Khalino, and on October 28 two Su-30SM fighters arrived with red onboard numbers "79" and "80" (serial numbers 10МК5 1503 and 10МК5 1504).

 Fighters with airborne numbers "81" and "82" made their first flights to Irkutsk on October 24 and 31, 2017. The aircraft with the number "78" was raised in the air on the IRA on July 30, and it was planned to transfer to Kursk on October 3, but stayed at the IAZ for more than two months.

 In addition to the mentioned 12 Su-30SM, received by now in 2017 as part of the 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment in Khalino, five more Su-30SM were transferred this year to the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy - two fighter jets (blue side numbers " 71 and 72, serial numbers 10MK5 1410 and 10MK5 1411) at the end of May, and three more (blue side numbers "73", "74" and "75", serial numbers 10МК5 1418, 10МК5 1419 and 10МК5 1420) - in August. All these five cars were part of the 72nd aviation base of the Baltic Fleet aviation at the Chernyakhovsk airfield (Kaliningrad region).

 In total, since 2012, 116 Su-30SM aircraft have been contracted for the Ministry of Defense of Russia, of which 88 are intended for the Russian Air Force (VCS), and another 28 for the Russian Navy Aviation. To date, the Russian Air Force under the signed contracts have thus obtained 80 Su-30SM fighters (12 of them in 2016 and 12 new ones in Khalino in 2017), and Marine Aviation - 20 (seven of them in 2016 and five new ones Chernyakhovsk in 2017). Another six Su-30SM fighters were delivered to Kazakhstan in 2015-2016.

 Arrived in the 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment on December 11, the 10MK5 1506 (on-board number "82 red") aircraft became, thus, the 100th Su-30SM delivered to the Ministry of Defense of Russia. As a result, the Su-30SM became the second combat aircraft delivered to the Russian Armed Forces in the post-Soviet period in the amount of 100 or more units (the front-line bomber Su-34 became the first).






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