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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
A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-35 performing at MAKS 2009 air show in Moscow Initially, one static and three flyable prototypes ( bort no. 901, 902, 904) were built between 2007 and 2009. [ 58 ] The third one (bort no. 904) was later destroyed when it crashed into a barrier during its taxi runs.
The list includes overseas Russian airbases including those in Russian occupied Crimea. It can be compared with the List of Soviet Air Force bases; virtually no new airbase construction has taken place since 1991. The main air armies are the: 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Southern Military District
The 929th State Flight Test Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation named after V.P. Chkalov (929 GLITs MO RF) is a Russian aviation research and testing military institution. This is the main military aviation test institution of the Aerospace Forces and the Armed Forces of Russia.
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.
This is a list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of Russia. The list further encompasses Russia's experimental aircraft and those currently in development. The figures presented below do not account for losses incurred in Ukraine, as conflicting ...
1721st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment S-350; Sochi air base Krasnodar Krai Novorossiysk Krasnodar Krai 1537th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment S-400; Pantsir-S1; Krymsk air base Krasnodar Krai Su-30M2 Su-27SM3 Korenovsk helicopter base: Krasnodar Krai Mi-28N Mi-35M Ka-52 Mi-8AMTSh Mi-28UB 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade S-300V4; Tikhoretsk air ...
The Russian Aerospace Forces [2] [a] or Russian Air and Space Forces [3] (VKS [b]) comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was established on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force (VVS) and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO), as recommended by ...