George1 wrote: AMCXXL wrote:New batch of Su-30SM underway
"zveno" with Nº57,58,59,60 already fly
Only two more Su-30SM are necesary for complete 14 IAP at Kursk
The number of Su-30SM received is 90 for the VKS and 112 in total including Navy
the known contracts are 88 Su-30SM for Air Force and 28 for Navy. Since we are over 88 for Air Force do we have a new contract and for how many birds?
The contracts are signed by high political officials of Ministry of Defence (goverment), not for the Airforce or Navy (soldiers)
So in the end, the MoD can tell how to distribute the airplanes, since the difference is basically the painting
The contracts signed by the Ministries must be published in the official newspaper of the state of Russia, and I have not read anything that the distribution of the aircraft was published there, only 36 aircraft for the MoD
Also since the end of 2014-beginning of 2015, many things have changed and it is not clear that when the contract was signed it was thought to re-equip Kursk in full
I have found the original post of bmpd about the signature of the contract in 2015 https://bmpd.livejournal.com/1828574.html
The headline is:
The contract for another 36 Su-30SM fighter jets for the Russian Defense MinistryLater he said:
Thus, the total number of Su-30SM fighter planes contracted since 2012 for the Russian Defense Ministry has reached 116 aircraft, of which 96 are for the Russian Air Force (VKS), and another 20 for the Russian Navy aviationAnd at the end:
UPD:According to Aleksey Nikolsky, a well-known journalist of the Vedomosti newspaper, out of 36 Su-30SM aircraft of the new contract, only 28 cars are designed for Russian military aviation, and eight more for Russian Navy aviation. Thus, as a result of the total number of 116 Su-30SM fighter planes contracted since 2012 for the Russian Defense Ministry, 88 are designed for the Russian Air Force (VCS), and another 28 for the Russian Navy AviationAnd here is the matter: "According to a well-known journalist"The problem is to take the press articles as if they were facts, when often they are only hypotheses, rumors, or predictions
After, these supposed news are repeated thousands of times throughout the web and in the end they seem absolute truths
However. although this speculation may be true in 2015, in 2018 it has been proven wrong, the facts are that by the end of 2018 MoD will have received at least 114 aircraft of which 92 will be in the VKS and 22 in the Navy
Another "apparent contradiction" is that the 36 contract should be finalized before the end of 2018 (time limit) and as announced, this year will be handed over 14 , and other two planes will remain pending for 2019
The contracts oblige both parties to comply with them, but nothing prevents modifying, advancing or delaying the fulfillment of the contracts if it is of "mutual agreement", which in this case means: as decided by the Russian government
Looking at the previous contracts it makes more sense that the distribution is actually 32 VKS and 4 Navy
The first contract of 30 was 24 for a regiment (Domna) and 6 for Lipetsk-Akhtubinsk
The second contract of 30 was 24 for another regiment (Millerovo) and 6 for Dzemgi-Vladivostok, although 4 of Millerovo were transferred to the GLITs
It makes sense that of the contract of 36 were 32 for the VKS (24 Kursk + 8 Kubinka TSAPT) and the last 4 for the Navy
So the Navy would be 24 (2 squadrons), although in 2016 two planes were sent to the 279 KIAP regiment to replace their 2 Su-27UB