Russian Air Force numbers and procurement plans

MIG-29 family

New builds:

Mig-29SMT - 28 + 12-16 to be delivered by end of 2016
Mig-29UBT - 6 + 4 to be delivered by end of 2016
Mig-29K - 20
Mig-29KUB - 4

Planned:

Mig-35 / 35UB - 30+ to be delivered by end of 2020

Older models:

Mig-29UB - 13
Mig-29S - 16*
Mig-29 - 94

Note * - reported to be an upgrade on aircraft transferred to Armenia. From one article I read, serial numbers were from 9-10 9.13S models and 6-7 9.13 models. Suspect the upgrade was bringing all aircraft up to Mig-29S standards.

Deployed:

Severomorsk - 2 squadrons Mig-29K/KUB
Yeisk - Naval Aviation training
Kursk - 2 squadrons Mig-29SMT/UBT
Erebuni - 1 squadron Mig-29S + 1 squadron Mig-29SMT/UBT (planned end of 2016)
Millerovo - 1 squadron Mig-29 (being phased out probably by end of 2016)
Kubinka - Russian Swifts aerobatic flight Team
Armavir - 1 squadron Mig-29 training (not sure of usage with introduction of Yak-130)
Astrakhan - 2 squadrons Mig-29 training (one squadron appears to be permanently parked)
Kushchevskaya - 1 squadron Mig-29 training
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Total Aircraft ~ 200. Suspect about half of the older models are retired within the next couple years.

Mig-31 family


Planned modern rebuilds:

72 Mig-31BM (75 completed out of 110 contracted, 3 lost to accidents)

Older models:

52 Mig-31 (other versions)

Deployed:

Monchegorsk - 1 squadron (BM's)
Khotilovo - 2 squadrons (mostly BM's)
Bolshoe Savino - 2 squadrons
Kansk - 2 squadrons (BM's)
Uglovaya - 1 squadron (to be completed to BM's this year)
Elizovo - 1 squadron
Savasleiska - training squadron
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Total aircraft ~ 125.  There are reports of flights (4 aircraft) being planned to be permanently posted to Northern airfields (1-3).

Su-25 family

Planned modern rebuilds:

79 Su-25SM (84 completed of which 5 lost to accidents)
2 Su-25SM3 testing (40-60 to be converted plus 1-2 Su-25UBM's)

Older models:

55 Su-25
8 Su-25UB
4 Su-25UBG

Deployed:

Primorsko-Akhtarsk - 1 squadron Su-25SM
Budennovsk - 2 squadron Su-25SM
Gvardeiskyy - 1 squadron Su-25SM
Gissar - 1 flight Su-25SM
Domna - 2 squadrons Su-25 (from Step and scheduled to return after airbase rebuilt)
Chernigovka - 2 squadrons Su-25SM
Severomorsk - training flight Su-25UBG
Yeisk - Naval Aviation training center
Kushchevskaya - training unit
Borisoglebsk - 1 training squadron
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Total aircraft ~ 150

Su-24 family

Modern rebuilds:

Su-24M2 (24-48)

Older models:

121 Su-24M/M2 (most received glonass navigation systems and SVP 24 targeting systems if not upgraded to M2 level)
58 Su-24MR reconnaissance
1 Su-24MP electronic warfare (testing)

Deployed:

Monchegorsk - 1 mixed squadron Su-24M/MR
Shatalovo - 1 squadron Su-24MR
Marinovka - 1 squadron each Su-24M and Su-24MR
Gvardeiskyy - 1 squadron Su-24M
Chelyabinsk - 1 squadron Su-24MR and 2 squadrons Su-24M
Khurba - 2 squadrons Su-24M (being replaced with Su-34)
Varfolomeyevka - 1 squadron Su-24MR
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Naval Aviation:

Novofedorivka - 1 mixed squadron Su-24M/MR (being replaced with Su-30SM)
Chernyakhovsk - 1 mixed squadron Su-24M/MR

Total aircraft ~ 180

Su-27 family

New builds:

12 Su-27SM3

Modern Rebuilds:

51 Su-27SM (53 were completed and 2 lost in accidents. Last count only revealed 50 aircraft, maybe one was in an aircraft maintenance plant)
1 Su-27UBM
Su-27SM3 (36 on order 2017-2019 to be rebuilt)

Older Models:

81 Su-27 (most are of the Su-27P interceptor version of which 36 are scheduled for rebuilds to Su-27SM3 standards)
34 Su-27UB (about half are Su-27UBP which have a good secondary 2-seater combat ability which spawned the Su-30 series)
4-5 Su-27M (testing model of the Su-27 which lead to the Su-35S aircraft. Not sure of status or if they could be converted to Su-27SM3 standard)
19-21 Su-33 (aircraft carrier version of the Su-27. Plans were to upgrade 16 to Su-33M but announcements so far only for 6-8. The SVP 24 guidance system is being tested on them presently)

Deployed:

Chkalovsk - 1 squadron Su-27P
Besovets - 2 squadrons Su-27P with Su-27SM starting to replace
Khotilovo - 1 squadron Su-27P with Su-27SM starting to replace
Krimsk - 1 squadron Su-27SM3 and 1 squadron Su-27P
Belbek - 1 squadron Su-27SM and 1 squadron Su-27P
Dzemgi - 1 squadron Su-27SM (being replaced by Su-35S and transferring to Besovets / Khotilovo)
Uglovaya - 2 squadrons Su-27SM (being replaced by Su-35S and Su-30SM then transferring to Besovets / Khotilovo)
Severomorsk - 2 squadrons of Su-33 (being replaced by Mig-29K and probably reducing to 1 squadron of modernized aircraft)
Yeisk - Naval Aviation training
Kubinka - Russian Knights aerobatic flight Team
Kushchevskaya - 1 training squadron
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Total aircraft: ~205

Su-30 family

Older model:

3 Su-30 (originally 4-5 purchased for testing. Not sure if can be upgraded to M2 or SM standards)

New builds ordered:

96 Su-30SM (Aerospace Forces - 53-56 delivered by end of 2015, 88 to be delivered by end of 2018)
20 Su-30M2 (all delivered and for use as 2-seat trainers for Su-35S and Su-27SM3's. Reports that others being finished at the plant)
28 Su-30SM (Naval Aviation - 8 delivered by end of 2015 and others by end of 2018)

Deployed:

Belbek - Su-30M2
Krimsk - Su-30M2
Dzemgi - Su-30M2 and 1 flight Su-30SM
Uglovaya - Su-30M2 and 1 squadron Su-30SM forming
Domna - 2 squadrons Su-30SM
Millerovo - 2 squadrons Su-30SM forming
Novofedorivka - 1 squadron Su-30SM Naval Aviation forming
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Future Deployments:

Kubinka - Su-30SM to replace the Su-27 on the Russian Knights aerobatic flight team
Note - with 96 aircraft that equals 8 squadrons worth. One is split between Lipetsk and Akhtubinsk, another with the Knights plus 5 already formed or forming so that leaves 1 unassigned. My best guesses would be Monchegorsk or Khotilovo.
Chernyakhovsk (Naval Aviation) - is the second Su-24 unit that needs replacing so my guess for the second squadron.
Yeisk Naval Aviation training center - 2-4 Su-30SM

Total aircraft ~100 (by end of 2016)

Su-35 family

New builds ordered:

98 Su-35S (46-48 delivered by end of 2015)

Deployed:

Dzemgi - 2 squadrons forming
Uglovaya - 1 squadron forming
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Future Deployments:

Besovets - has been announced as the next future base, not sure if 1 or 2 squadrons but base has 2 squadrons of Su-27P's presently.
Millerovo - has been mentioned as a future base for 1 squadron.
Kubinka - expect at least a flight (4-6) to be attached to the Russian Knights aerobatic flight team
Note: 98 aircraft equals 8 squadrons worth with 1 being split between Lipetsk and Akhtubinsk. With 3 already committed and if Besovets gets 2 squadrons and Millerovo 1 squadron that leaves 1 squadron unassigned. My best guesses would be Chkalovsk or Khotilovo.

Total aircraft ~ 50 (to date)

Su-34 family

New builds ordered:

124 Su-34 (options for 16 more and reported that 85 have been delivered to date)

Deployed:

Voronezh - 2 squadrons
Morozovsk - 3 squadrons
Khurba - 2 squadrons forming
Lipetsk - Combat and Conversion training
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Future Deployments:

Chelyabinsk - 2 squadrons (the last Su-24M regiment)
Note: if the option on the 16 is picked up and deliveries are ahead of schedule. Would suspect either a 3rd squadron at Khurba or 1 squadron at either Gvardeiskyy or Monchegorsk

Total Aircraft ~85 (to date)

franco wrote:28 Su-30SM (Naval Aviation - 8 delivered by end of 2015 and others by end of 2018)

Franco,

I have some doubts about this number; they are indeed 8 Su-30SM which have been delivered for the VMF (35 Blue to 42 Blue and the 9th will be the 43 Blue) but as far as I know they have signed contracts for a grand total of 20 Su-30SM for the VMF.
A first one for 5 aircrafts and a second one for 7 aircrafts more. So 12 + 8  => 20.

Can you shed some light on this, please?

Anyway, keep up the good work. It's really appreciated.

Thanks

It came from the Director of the Plant manufacturing the Su-30SM.




MOSCOW, June 15 -. RIA Novosti Air Space Forces (VKS) and naval aviation of the Russian Navy will receive until the end of 2018 another 55 heavy multirole Su-30cm, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, Production Director of Irkutsk Aviation Plant Sergey Yamani.

Su-30cm are manufactured at the Irkutsk aircraft factory under contract with the Russian Defense Ministry and are available in videoconferencing since 2012, and the Naval Aviation - 2014. At the moment, delivered to the troops 61 Su-30cm.

"Until the end of 2018 in favor of videoconferencing and the Navy at the Irkutsk aircraft plant will be manufactured and delivered 55 more aircraft total number will be 116 Su-30cm -. 88 and 28 for the Naval Aviation" - Yamani said.

Heavy Su-30cm one of the first to arrive in 2015 in Syria and how to apply it for its intended purpose - as a fighter and as a targeting aircraft for ground attack aircraft and bombers.

NOTE: of the 61 presently in service 8 in Naval Aviation and 53 in Air Force. So 55 aircraft to be delivered over the next 3 years.

Tupolev family

Planned modernization:

15 Tu-160M
35 Tu-95MSM
30 Tu-22M3M
Note: have also seen statements from senior Air Force people that all will be modernized

Aircraft:

6 Tu-160M
10 Tu-160
7 Tu-95MSM
45 Tu-95MS
7 Tu-22M3M
49 Tu-22M3
2 Tu-22MR

Deployed:

Engels - 1 squadron Tu-160 and 1 squadron Tu-95MS
Ukrainka - 2 squadrons Tu-95MS
Srednyy - 2 squadrons Tu-22M3
Olenegorsk - 1 squadron Tu-22M3
Shaikovka - 1 squadron Tu-22M3
Ryazan - Long Range Aviation training center
Akhtubinsk - Testing and Evaluation center

Total aircraft ~125

There were suppose to be 8 Mig-29SMT's this year.

Franco, like always fantastic effort to compile all these numbers and details, many thanks! Are you going to do an update on helos as well?

I find it very difficult to keep up with the helicopters due to lack of information. Not just on the rebuilds of which there appear to be about 3 dozen a year (upgraded to what standards? Mil-8's and -24's). But also the new builds, generally several months behind if not a year in getting accurate numbers.

George1 wrote:2016 Deliveries UPDATE

MiG-29SMT: 2
Su-30SM: 14, 4 for Ru Navy and 10 for RuAF (8 of them to Russian Kinghts)
Su-35S: 0
Su-34 : 12

Believe there were 4 Su-35S's delivered to Besovet.

franco wrote:

George1 wrote:2016 Deliveries UPDATE

MiG-29SMT: 2
Su-30SM: 14, 4 for Ru Navy and 10 for RuAF (8 of them to Russian Kinghts)
Su-35S: 0
Su-34 : 12

Believe there were 4 Su-35S's delivered to Besovet.

Now 4 more, borts 54 red, 55 red, 56 red, and 57 red are now with the VKS.

franco wrote:
12 Su-27SM3

Modern Rebuilds:

51 Su-27SM (53 were completed and 2 lost in accidents. Last count only revealed 50 aircraft, maybe one was in an aircraft maintenance plant)
1 Su-27UBM
Su-27SM3 (36 on order 2017-2019 to be rebuilt)

Older Models:

81 Su-27 (most are of the Su-27P interceptor version of which 36 are scheduled for rebuilds to Su-27SM3 standards)
34 Su-27UB (about half are Su-27UBP which have a good secondary 2-seater combat ability which spawned the Su-30 series)
4-5 Su-27M (testing model of the Su-27 which lead to the Su-35S aircraft. Not sure of status or if they could be converted to Su-27SM3 standard)
19-21 Su-33 (aircraft carrier version of the Su-27. Plans were to upgrade 16 to Su-33M but announcements so far only for 6-8. The SVP 24 guidance system is being tested on them presently)

Total aircraft: ~205

There must have been much more Flankers inherited from the USSR, why are the current numbers so low?

KiloGolf wrote:

There must have been much more Flankers inherited from the USSR, why are the current numbers so low?

I'll take what is Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazahstan for 100

George1 wrote:2016 Deliveries UPDATE

MiG-29SMT: 2
Su-30SM: 14, 4 for Ru Navy and 10 for RuAF (8 of them to Russian Kinghts)
Su-35S: 8
Su-34 : 12

Su-30SM and Su-34 seem to be the most quickly available, high-volume produced jets of the lot. Russia better keep ordering them for another decade and never look back. 25+ of both per year is not a bad number to replace old Fencers, Flankers and MiGs. That's a solid 250 jets right there by 2026.

MOSCOW, December 9 - RIA Novosti. Two multi-purpose Mi-35 and three military transport machines Mi-8 MTV-5 entered service in the Western Military District Air (ZVO), told reporters on Friday the head of the press service, Colonel Igor Mugina ZVO.

"Two drums multipurpose Mi-35 army arrived at the base of the Western Military District in the Pskov region Aviation Three fighting machines Mi-8 MTV-5 arrived at one of the bases, which is deployed in the Leningrad region." - Said in a statement.

Mi-35 is designed to destroy armored vehicles and manpower, fire support motorized infantry and tank units, landing and transportation of cargo in the cabin and on an external sling.

Multi-purpose transport helicopter Mi-8 MTV-5 belongs to the family Mi-8/17. Representatives of this series helicopters are used in health care and search and rescue missions, carry out cargo transportation. To date, it produced more than 12 thousand helicopters series Mi-8/17, which are delivered in 100 countries.

NOTE: as mentioned in another thread. The Mil-35M original two orders totaling 49 aircraft was complete by the end of 2014. However more keep coming in both 2015 and 2016. Unfortunately numbers ordered or delivered have not been made available.

franco wrote:Su-27 family

New builds:

12 Su-27SM3

Modern Rebuilds:

51 Su-27SM (53 were completed and 2 lost in accidents. Last count only revealed 50 aircraft, maybe one was in an aircraft maintenance plant)
1 Su-27UBM

Are you counting the Su-27SM3 red 63 and 64 among Su-27SMs (as they are rebuilds and not new builds?)? There are 14 Su-27SM3s going from red 51 to 64.
Red 51:
Red 64:

Did you see that blue 01 (Su-27SM) has been repainted as red 49 for the Besovets air base. I guess blue 10 has had similar re-numbering(as it went to Besovets as well), but I haven't seen the new bort yet. The new red 49 appears on video and it can be seen to carry the same RF-95218 code as blue 01 before.