Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) bases (Locations, units & equipment)

*BobStanley wrote:What about yesterday crash of Su-25 (R.I.P. ), I mean update of "ORBAT" VVS ?

*BobStanley wrote:Hi all,

Q: what happened with 98th Mixed Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk) from 45th A&ADA ?

eehnie wrote:
In the refered to the combat fleet in active service, There are very interesting comments in this topic.

I think the information can be complete about:

MiG-25/31
Su-34
Su-24 (except Naval Aviation) 40-48
Su-25
MiG-29/35 (except Naval Aviation) - 23 29K/KUB

There is some case where I think the information may not be complete:

Su-27/30/33/35 in the case of the Su-27 - 15-18 and Su-33 - 17-18 (Naval Aviation)

There is not information:

Tu-160 - 12
Tu-22M3 - 36-48
Tu-95MS - 36; Tu-142 - 24
Il-38 - 15-18

franco wrote:Su-27/30/33/35 in the case of the Su-27 - 15-18

Tu-160 - 12
Tu-22M3 - 36-48
Tu-95MS - 36; Tu-142 - 24
Il-38 - 15-18

eehnie wrote:

franco wrote:Su-27/30/33/35 in the case of the Su-27 - 15-18

Tu-160 - 12
Tu-22M3 - 36-48
Tu-95MS - 36; Tu-142 - 24
Il-38 - 15-18

On this part I have the feeling that the numbers are a little short still. It seems to me that we are missing something still. About the rest the numbers seem complete.

As example in the case of the Il-38 russianplanes says they are 25 flying(?) and 17 in storage(?).

franco wrote:

eehnie wrote:

franco wrote:Su-27/30/33/35 in the case of the Su-27 - 15-18

Tu-160 - 12
Tu-22M3 - 36-48
Tu-95MS - 36; Tu-142 - 24
Il-38 - 15-18

On this part I have the feeling that the numbers are a little short still. It seems to me that we are missing something still. About the rest the numbers seem complete.

As example in the case of the Il-38 russianplanes says they are 25 flying(?) and 17 in storage(?).

Those are for active aircraft, not those in storage or spares. As for the Il-38, World Military Balance has 22 while the World Air Forces has 20. I base mine on something I read a few years back when they started the -38N upgrades, that at that point only 8-10 -38's were still operational. Since then 7-8 have been rebuilt.

AMCXXL wrote:

franco wrote:

eehnie wrote:

franco wrote:Su-27/30/33/35 in the case of the Su-27 - 15-18

Tu-160 - 12
Tu-22M3 - 36-48
Tu-95MS - 36; Tu-142 - 24
Il-38 - 15-18

On this part I have the feeling that the numbers are a little short still. It seems to me that we are missing something still. About the rest the numbers seem complete.

As example in the case of the Il-38 russianplanes says they are 25 flying(?) and 17 in storage(?).

Those are for active aircraft, not those in storage or spares. As for the Il-38, World Military Balance has 22 while the World Air Forces has 20. I base mine on something I read a few years back when they started the -38N upgrades, that at that point only 8-10 -38's were still operational. Since then 7-8 have been rebuilt.

World Military Balance=World Air Forces= Western shit
The only way is to look videos and pictures with real airplanes, know the serial numbers , registration , tail numbers , etc...
For example, they say 135 or 150 MiG-31 in Airforce, and the real number is about 106

Russianplanes is outdated in some cases. The data in the tables does not correspond with actual photos in a lot of airplanes


Su-24M: 55 in 4 squadrons:Chelyabisnk(2) Marinovka(1), Gvardeyskoye-Simferopol(1)  and several at Lípetsk-Akhtubisnk
Also there are one squadron of Su-24M2 in Khurba still working, while the second squadron of Su-34 is in conversión period
Su-24MR: 50 in 4 squadrons: Shatalovo,Marnovka,Chelyabisnk,Varfolomeyevka, and a couple Lipets.Akhtunick


STRATEGIC BOMBERS
Tu-160 16
Tu-95 about 50 (Engels 18 , Ukrainka about 30 , and a couple for training at Ryazan)
Tu-22M3 about 55 (Shaikovka about 24 , Belaya About 30 and a couple for training at Ryazan)

NAVY
Su-33(Su-27K): 20 at Severomorsk of 26 serial Su-33 made.
Su-27P/UB: 13 (10P+3UB) at Chernyakhovsk
Su-24M/MR: 48 in 4 squadrons (30 M and 18 MR). Also there are more in the shelters of Monchegorsk and Chernyakhovsk)
MiG-31: 2 squadrons about 25-28 at Monchegorsk and Yelizovo

Il-38 about 20 (Severomorsk 7-8 , Yelizovo 5-6 , Nikolayevka 5-6 , Yeisk 2) , 8 of them modernized to Il-38N (2 each base). Also are several in Pushkin ARZ Nº20 waiting for modernization.
Tu-142: 28 (Fedotovo 8 MK + 6 MR , Sovetskaya Gavan 8 MZ + 6 MR)

eehnie wrote:

AMCXXL wrote:

franco wrote:

eehnie wrote:

franco wrote:Su-27/30/33/35 in the case of the Su-27 - 15-18

Tu-160 - 12
Tu-22M3 - 36-48
Tu-95MS - 36; Tu-142 - 24
Il-38 - 15-18

On this part I have the feeling that the numbers are a little short still. It seems to me that we are missing something still. About the rest the numbers seem complete.

As example in the case of the Il-38 russianplanes says they are 25 flying(?) and 17 in storage(?).

Those are for active aircraft, not those in storage or spares. As for the Il-38, World Military Balance has 22 while the World Air Forces has 20. I base mine on something I read a few years back when they started the -38N upgrades, that at that point only 8-10 -38's were still operational. Since then 7-8 have been rebuilt.

World Military Balance=World Air Forces= Western shit
The only way is to look videos and pictures with real airplanes, know the serial numbers , registration , tail numbers , etc...
For example, they say 135 or 150 MiG-31 in Airforce, and the real number is about 106

Russianplanes is outdated in some cases. The data in the tables does not correspond with actual photos in a lot of airplanes


Su-24M: 55 in 4 squadrons:Chelyabisnk(2) Marinovka(1), Gvardeyskoye-Simferopol(1)  and several at Lípetsk-Akhtubisnk
Also there are one squadron of Su-24M2 in Khurba still working, while the second squadron of Su-34 is in conversión period
Su-24MR: 50 in 4 squadrons: Shatalovo,Marnovka,Chelyabisnk,Varfolomeyevka, and a couple Lipets.Akhtunick


STRATEGIC BOMBERS
Tu-160 16
Tu-95 about 50 (Engels 18 , Ukrainka about 30 , and a couple for training at Ryazan)
Tu-22M3 about 55 (Shaikovka about 24 , Belaya About 30 and a couple for training at Ryazan)

NAVY
Su-33(Su-27K): 20 at Severomorsk of 26 serial Su-33 made.
Su-27P/UB: 13 (10P+3UB) at Chernyakhovsk
Su-24M/MR: 48 in 4 squadrons (30 M and 18 MR). Also there are more in the shelters of Monchegorsk and Chernyakhovsk)
MiG-31: 2 squadrons about 25-28 at Monchegorsk and Yelizovo

Il-38 about 20 (Severomorsk 7-8 , Yelizovo 5-6 , Nikolayevka 5-6 , Yeisk 2) , 8 of them modernized to Il-38N (2 each base). Also are several in Pushkin ARZ Nº20 waiting for modernization.
Tu-142: 28 (Fedotovo 8 MK + 6 MR , Sovetskaya Gavan 8 MZ + 6 MR)

It would be very interesting if you can include the numbers like in the previous comments, including also the isolate units in training schools or used for investigation. Also just curious about which would be the numbers of the MiG-29 of the Navy. To include the numbers makes always more exact the data, and more solid the comments.

As example, I think your data about the Il-38 with the aircrafts numbered, will be very coincident by the end with the data of Russianplanes.net. This kind of details help to validate your data as source to take into account.

Taking into account the last comments I have the impression that in this topic we are missing still some active units of:

Su-27
Tu-22

For the rest we have data here for aircrafts in active service I can agree with.

eehnie wrote:Then In the refered to the Il-38, it would be 22 + a couple undefined units in Yeisk.

Russianplanes.net also include the 22 you numbered as "flying" plus these 3 for a total of 25:

https://russianplanes.net/reginfo/34746
https://russianplanes.net/reginfo/34767 (to mix not with this one that is in the 22 that you numbered: https://russianplanes.net/reginfo/33888)
https://russianplanes.net/reginfo/35049

It is possible that these units be the undefined units in Yeisk? In overallterms is a high level of agreement.

Can you also number the units of the Navy of the Su-24, MiG-25/31 and Tu-95/142 that you commented before? It would complete the view about the combat aircrafts in active service. Thank you very much.

Later, in another post I will comment something more about the Su-27 and the Tu-22.

eehnie wrote:Can you also number the units of the Navy of the Su-24, MiG-25/31 and Tu-95/142 that you commented before? It would complete the view about the combat aircrafts in active service. Thank you very much.
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AMCXXL wrote:The rest of airplanes of old 689 regiment was abandoned/canibalized in Chkalovsk-Kaliningrad in 2012 and today are derrelictic , waiting for scrap
https://www.google.es/maps/@54.7730296,20.403527,219m/data=!3m1!1e3
In this video you can see the real state of the airplanes in Chkalovsk , that some people count as "active" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObNsKw3JEYA

AMCXXL wrote:

-(23 IAP) 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Komsomolsk-on-Amur/Dzyomgi (Dzyomgi airfield), Khabarovsk region)
Equipment: 17 Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker" (Including variants: 12 Su-27SM, 1 Su-27, 3 Su-27UB, 1 Su-27UP)

Only two Su-27SM remain here , pending for transfer to other place

AMCXXL wrote:

Benya wrote:South Military District : (4 A VVS PVO) 4th Army of Air & Air Defense Forces (HQ: Rostov-on-Don, Rostov region)

(31 Gv IAP) 31th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Millerovo (Millerovo airfield), Rostov region)
Equipment: Mikoyan MiG-29 air superiority jet fighter aircraft (No.: )

About Mig-29 , grounded when SU-30SM arrived. Some transferred to ARZ, other bases even some sold to Serbia.Other simply parked in the base in reserve

eehnie wrote:Thank you, interesting, it will be interesting to continue reading about the Tu-142. Between the most credible numbers I saw it were 32 active and 11 in the reserve, not far of the 18+17+halfdozen that you commented.

I had a pending comment about the Tu-22 and the Su-27. In overall terms I have the impression that still we are missing some unit active.



Would you elaborate a little about the most recent units of Tu-22 that replaced their Tu-22 or have been eliminated including all the branches?



After reading about the presence of the Su-27 in the Russian Navy, I have the impression that the new Su-30 can in fact replace the Su-27 instead of the Su-24.

Would you elaborate a little more about the cases of the Su-27 and the MiG-29 in the following cases? Officially there is some Su-27 or MiG-29A in active service that can be numbered in these bases?


Su-27:

AMCXXL wrote:The rest of airplanes of old 689 regiment was abandoned/canibalized in Chkalovsk-Kaliningrad in 2012 and today are derrelictic , waiting for scrap
https://www.google.es/maps/@54.7730296,20.403527,219m/data=!3m1!1e3
In this video you can see the real state of the airplanes in Chkalovsk , that some people count as "active" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObNsKw3JEYA

AMCXXL wrote:

-(23 IAP) 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Komsomolsk-on-Amur/Dzyomgi (Dzyomgi airfield), Khabarovsk region)
Equipment: 17 Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker" (Including variants: 12 Su-27SM, 1 Su-27, 3 Su-27UB, 1 Su-27UP)

Only two Su-27SM remain here , pending for transfer to other place

MiG-29

AMCXXL wrote:

Benya wrote:South Military District : (4 A VVS PVO) 4th Army of Air & Air Defense Forces (HQ: Rostov-on-Don, Rostov region)

(31 Gv IAP) 31th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Millerovo (Millerovo airfield), Rostov region)
Equipment: Mikoyan MiG-29 air superiority jet fighter aircraft (No.: )

About Mig-29 , grounded when SU-30SM arrived. Some transferred to ARZ, other bases even some sold to Serbia.Other simply parked in the base in reserve

AMCXXL wrote:The list of Tu-22 is made mainly with rusianplanes photos. I only can say the planes that fly are the planes on the list. There are not more that 60 airframes nowadays in all active bases
30 were ordered for modernization, but I don know which because there is not information of that
Older units at Vodzvizhenka , Sovetskaya Gavan were disbanded 10 yeras ago, some airplanes transferred and the airplanes not useful were stripped or simply vandalized, in some cases are falling to pieces under the sun. You can see here https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2011/09/post-soviet-aircraft-graveyard-discovered-abandoned-east-russian-air-base/

Su-24 will gather in a single fist. Such a decision was adopted by the Ministry of Defense.
Machines have long been considered obsolete, but in Syria they became the main striking force of the Aerospace Forces (VCS) and proved that they are too early to write off. "Fencers," as these bombers call in the West,Su-24 will be reduced to separate mixed air regiments, where there will be squadrons, equipped with reconnaissance planes and bombers.
Experts believe that the Su-24 in a modern conflict can solve problems of any complexity.

The Ministry of Defense told Izvestia that the Su-24 front bombers would be consolidated into separate mixed air regiments. In each of them there will be one or two squadrons of Su-24M/M2, another one will be equipped with scouts Su-24MR.

This year, such an air regiment was deployed on the basis of the 4th separate reconnaissance squadron of the 6th Army VVS i PVO (based at Shatalovo airfield in the Smolensk region)
Now on its armament there are scouts Su-24MR. Front-line bombers will come there from the air groups, which are now receiving the latest multifunctional Su-34 fighter-bombers.

The first air unit of the new type in the form of an experiment was formed at the Marinovka airfield in the Volgograd region - this is the 11th mixed aviation regiment that is part of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Air Force. The regiment included an reconnaissance squadron on Su-24MR aircraft and a bomber air squadron that received the Su-24M.
The aircraft came from the 559th separate bomber aviation regiment of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army stationed at the Morozovsk aerodrome (Rostov Region). This regiment, in turn, received a new Su-34.

"The modification of the Su-24, equipped with the Hephaestus system, confirmed its high efficiency in Syria," he told Izvestia. "It's too early to refuse an airplane." Su-24 in real combat proved that they are a formidable weapon. In addition, single-type airplanes combined into regiments are easier and cheaper to service.

Soviet and Russian Su-24 were used during the fighting in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Georgia and Syria. Currently, more than 120 Su-24s are in service with the Naval Forces and naval aviation of the Navy.

franco wrote:

LMFS wrote:I thought the plans where to reactivate some more air bases and create more squadrons. If you look the situation today in the Central and East districts is like you have 30 planes for a territory of 1000 km diameter, with luck. More MiG-31s are needed IMHO, even considering AD and all the relocation possibilities. Central Asia, Artic and Far East are far from being safe in case of conflict.

They seem to be setting up forward deployment air bases to cover their territory. The Kuriles base is an example, where a Fighter Regiment (generally 28 aircraft) can deploy a flight of 4 planes to a secondary airfield up to 1000 km away.
There are limited numbers of Mig-31's that can be upgraded to the Mig-31BM standard (~120).
As for the Central region, the 2 Mig-31 regiments both presently have forward deployment airbases at Tolmachevo and Bratsk. Have also seen -31's at Svobodny.
For the Arctic, there have been plans for forward deployment at Rogachevo and Tiksi. Latest talk is for using the Su-33's from the 279th.  

miketheterrible wrote:They are.  They reactivated an airbase in Kuril Islands, that now just got Japan all riled up.

Hole wrote:The are called forward operation locations because they are not full time air bases. Just a few guys sitting around, keeping the place useable.

franco wrote:

LMFS wrote:Thanks miketheterrible and franco for the info
Those forward deployment bases, were they fully fledged ones in Soviet times?

Some were.