VVS Russian Airforce Force: News #2

GarryB wrote:

So they kinda did get used but... no guns just Mavericks i guess.

Putting a gun pod on an F-16 does not make it a CAS aircraft, and does not make it an A-16.

They call it an F/A-16 but it always had air to ground capability so they should all be called F/A-16.

The comments I remember reading suggest the lack of armour made them unsuitable for the role.

I personally find SU34 fine as CAS platform, its very agile, armored, has very high payload, good endurance and impressive range, if they didnt mean him to ever perform CAS they would not armor its cabin.

It does not have great agility with a very high payload and impressive range, it is not armoured to stop small arms fire, that is to stop bomb fragments from bombing at very low level endangering the crew.

Its replacing SU24 that spent most of its carrier actually just providing CAS with very rare actual long range strike missions.

No it didn't. It didn't have the right radio equipment to communicate with troops on the ground, so its attacks were independent of friendly ground activity... unlike the Su-25 which was in direct communication with ground forces and whose pilots went to briefing meetings to discuss objectives and likely issues before hand.

George1 wrote:Russian Army to Receive 16 Helicopters, 29 Combat Aircraft by Year End

The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive 16 Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters, 18 Su-30SM Flanker multi-role fighter jets and 11 MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptor aircraft before the end of the year, the aircraft manufacturers told Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia is currently carrying out a $325-billion rearmament program to modernize 70-percent of its military equipment by 2020.

"Four units of the Ka-52 attack helicopters were manufactured by Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company. The delivery of 12 more helicopters is scheduled for 2015," the company's managing director, Yury Denisenko, told Shoigu during a conference call.

According to the technical director of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, Alexander Sergunov, two Su-30SM and two Yak-130 combat trainers are ready to be delivered to the army.

"The government contracts provide for the delivery of an additional 16 Su-30SMs and six Yak-130s in 2015. Almost all the aircraft are in the final stage of production," Sergunov said.

In turn, Alexander Karezin, the general director of Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Building Plant Sokol, reported that the plant had carried out repairs and modernization of six MiG-31BMs.

"Four of the aircraft have been handed over to the military units where they will be based permanently, two are ready for flight. Five MiG-31BM and two MiG-29UBM will be delivered later this year," he added.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20151009/1028278703/new-helicopters-aircraft-russia.html#ixzz3o5N0KeEr

franco wrote:

Interesting news re the Mig-29UM,s. When Sokol was doing test flights of the first batch of 31BM's earlier this year, they were also doing test flights of 2 29UM's. Same planes or a second pair of 29UM's for this year?

mack8 wrote:

franco wrote:

Interesting news re the Mig-29UM,s. When Sokol was doing test flights of the first batch of 31BM's earlier this year, they were also doing test flights of 2 29UM's. Same planes or a second pair of 29UM's for this year?

I wonder if those MiG-29UBM are sort-of new and part of that order for 16 SMT due this year and next  (eight plus eight), maybe it was 12 SMT and 4 UBM?

medo wrote:Now, when Russian budget is more or less known, any informations regarding new contracts for Su-35 and Su-30SM?

Militarov wrote:There are some whispers and unconfirmed claims in Serbian media that second hand MiG29s from Russia are to be delivered to Serbian Air Force (9.12 and 9.51) apparently those that were just replaced in Millerovo with SU30SM. Also first informations say it will be donation rather than commercial deal or some type of compensation via overhauls or armaments.

"Nezvanično saznajemo da će sada u Moskvi biti reči upravo o lovcima i to o mogućoj donaciji određenog broja lovačkih aviona MiG-29 direktno iz jedinica ruskog RV. U inventaru ruskih Vazdušno-kosmičkih snaga (VKS) karijera starijih verzija frontovskog lovačkog aviona tipa MiG-29 je po svemu sudeći pri kraju. edan od dokaza za to je i plan prenaoružavanja 31. lovačkog avijacijskog puka iz baze Milerovo koji će do kraja ove godine dobiti 15 aviona Su-30SM koji će zameniti preko 30 aviona MiG-29 (9-13 i 9-51) koje puk trenutno koristi. Avion klase MiG-29 odavno nije prioritet za ruske VKS već su to mnogo sposobniji i za VKS adekvatniji borbeni avioni OKB ‘’Suhoj’’ poput višenamenskih borbenih aviona Su-30 i Su-35 a tu su i taktički bombarderi Su-34. Srbiji bi zbog logistike i obuke najviše odgovarala varijanta 9-12 kao i dvosedi 9-51. Poslednja jedinica ruskih vazduhoplovnih snaga koja upotrebljava varijantu 9-12 je 116. školski centar za borbenu obuku i borbenu primenu lovačke avijacije , aerodrom Privoložskij na kome su početkom oktobra boravili naši piloti učestvujući na vežbi BARS-2015."

Basically says what we all know that MiG29 slipped from list of priorities by RuAF and that they are being rapidly pushed from service by SU30 family. Also second hand Mi24s are being mentioned but again as i said its all atm in domain of rumons and whispers.

zg18 wrote:Tu-95MS with (mockups?) Kh-101/102

Militarov wrote:There are some whispers and unconfirmed claims in Serbian media that second hand MiG29s from Russia are to be delivered to Serbian Air Force (9.12 and 9.51) apparently those that were just replaced in Millerovo with SU30SM. Also first informations say it will be donation rather than commercial deal or some type of compensation via overhauls or armaments.

max steel wrote:Russian aircraft ignored repeated U.S. warnings and flew within one nautical mile of the USS Ronald Reagan just east of the Korean peninsula, “In the latest in a series of incidents involving Russian aircraft, two Tupolev Tu-142 Bear aircraft flew as low as 500 feet Tuesday morning near the Reagan, which has been conducting scheduled maneuvers with South Korean navy ships. Four F/A-18 Super Hornets took off from the Reagan’s flight deck in response to the Russian advance,U.S. officials attempted to contact the Russian aircraft but received no radio response. A U.S. ship escorting the Ronald Reagan followed the Russian aircraft as they withdrew, Navy officials said.

Teshub wrote:

max steel wrote:Russian aircraft ignored repeated U.S. warnings and flew within one nautical mile of the USS Ronald Reagan just east of the Korean peninsula, “In the latest in a series of incidents involving Russian aircraft, two Tupolev Tu-142 Bear aircraft flew as low as 500 feet Tuesday morning near the Reagan, which has been conducting scheduled maneuvers with South Korean navy ships. Four F/A-18 Super Hornets took off from the Reagan’s flight deck in response to the Russian advance,U.S. officials attempted to contact the Russian aircraft but received no radio response. A U.S. ship escorting the Ronald Reagan followed the Russian aircraft as they withdrew, Navy officials said.

So let me get this right. Two Tu-142's flying on a normal patrol, without CAS from Russian fighters, were spotted in International air space, just south of their own airspace and territorial waters after taking off in Vladivostok?

As well as gathering intel, I think the Russians were sending a very polite message. However, framing it outside its context is par for the course for western media nowadays. Typical US hypocrisy after buzzing the Chinese military base earlier this week.