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A market of up to 120 aircraft for the Russian military and 120 civil sales was estimated in 2004. [ 11 ] In May 2010, with the funds allocated for development exhausted and no sign of a prototype, the Russian Defence Ministry cancelled the development contract, [ 9 ] and in May 2011 decided to purchase seven Antonov An-140 T cargo aircraft ...
A Russian Air Force Su-34 A Russian Air Force Su-35S A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade A Beriev A-50 in flight A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight A Yak-130 at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow
At least two Su-27 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [10] [11] [12] Sukhoi Su-30 Russia: Jet: Multirole: 2012: 110+ 110+ 91 Su-30SM and 19 Su-30M2 in service as of 2022 [1] [4] [13] and new deliveries were conducted in late 2023 and mid 2024. [14] As of 28 May 2024 at least 11 Su-30SM have been lost in the Russian Invasion of ...
The Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate (Russian: Сухой Су-75), also designated as the Light Tactical Aircraft (LTA; Russian: Лёгкий Тактический Самолёт - ЛТС, romanized: Legkiy Takticheskiy Samolyot - LTS), [1] [2] is a single-engine, stealth fighter aircraft under development by Sukhoi for export and for the Russian Aerospace Forces. [3]
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian Air Force received in 2023 more than 100 new and repaired aircraft and 150 helicopters. [ 78 ] Estimates provided by the IISS show that VVS combat pilots average 60 to 100 flight hours per year and pilots flying transport aircraft average 120 flight hours per year.
The U.S. military detected and tracked four Russian military planes off the coast of Alaska Monday amid a spike in such activity from Moscow off the U.S. coast. The four Russian aircraft were ...
In February 2017, it was announced that Russia's United Aircraft Corporation had signed a contract with its subsidiary Ilyushin Aviation Complex for the development of a new version of Ilyushin Il-96-400 wide-body passenger airliner to compete with the Boeing 777-9 and Airbus A350-1000. Il-96-400M is the passenger version of the Il-96-400T ...
The introduction of the Su-35S into the service with the Russian Aerospace Forces is a part of the Russia's state armament programme for 2011–2020 that was formulated following the war with Georgia in 2008 with an aim to significantly increase the number of modern military equipment in the Russian Armed Forces. [84]