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Военно-воздушные cилы России
Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii
Russian Air Force
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Active August 12, 1912 - present
Country Russian Federation (earlier - Soviet Union and Imperial Russian Air Force)
Role Defeating Enemy units , Reconnaissance, Defence of Major Military Facilities and units, Ground Forces and Navy support, transportation
Anniversaries August 12
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin
Insignia
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The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные cилы России, transliteration: Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii) is the air force of Russia. It is the second or third largest Air Force in the world, depending on whether aircraft or personnel numbers are compared with the People's Liberation Army Air Force.[1] It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin. The Russian Navy has its own air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno Morskogo Flota ("Naval Aviation"), or AV-MF).

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History

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union into its fifteen constituent republics in December of 1991, the aircraft and personnel of the Soviet Air Force - the VVS were divided among the newly independent states. Russia received the majority of these forces—approximately 40% of the aircraft, including the big majority of the ultimate fighters, and 65% of the manpower, and the major commands of the former Soviet VVS - the Long Range Aviation, Military Transport Aviation and Frontal Aviation were renamed, with few changes, Russian VVS commands. However, many regiments, aircraft, and personnel were claimed by the republics they were based in, forming the core of the new republic's air forces. Some aircraft in Belarus and Ukraine returned to Russia, as well as a long range aviation division based at Dolon in Kazakhstan.

The VVS participated in the First Chechen War (1994–1996) and the Second Chechen War (1999–2002). These campaigns also presented significant difficulties for the VVS including the terrain, lack of significant fixed targets and insurgents armed with Stinger and Strela-2M surface-to-air missiles.

The former Soviet Air Defence Force remained independent for several years under Russian control, only merging with the Air Forces in 1998. The decree merging the two forces was issued by President Boris Yeltsin on 16 July 1997. On 29 December 1998 General Colonel Anatoliy Kornukov, a former Air Defence Forces officer and new commander-in-chief of the merged force, reported to the Russian defence minister that the task had 'in principal been achieved'.[2] General Kornukov established the new headquarters of the force in Zarya, near Balashikha, 20 km north of the centre of Moscow, in the former PVO central command post, where the CIS common air defence system is directed from.

In 2003 the aviation assets of the Army—mostly helicopters—were transferred to the VVS, following a helicopter crash in Chechniya that claimed many lives. The former Army Aviation, was in its previous form intended for the direct support of the Ground Forces by providing their tactical air support, conducting tactical aerial reconnaissance, transporting airborne troops, providing fire support of their actions, electronic warfare, setting of minefield barriers and other tasks.

Current state

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Insignia of Russian Air Force

In October 2004 the disbandment of the 200th and 444th Bomber Aviation Regiments with Tupolev Tu-22M3, the disbandment of the 28th, 159th, 790th, and 941st Fighter Aviation Regiments, the 302nd and 959th Regiments equipped with Sukhoi Su-24, and the 187th and 461st Assault Aviation Regiments with the Sukhoi Su-25 was announced.[3]

The VVS continues to suffer from a lack of resources for pilot training. In the 1990s Russian pilots achieved approximately 10% of the flight hours of the United States Air Force. Currently the 2007 edition of the IISS Military Balance lists pilots of tactical aviation flying 20–25 hours a year, 61st Air Army pilots (former Military Transport Aviation), 60 hours a year, and Army Aviation under VVS control 55 hours a year.[4]

Currently, a fifth-generation fighter jet is being developed by a consortium of companies, including Mikoyan, Yakovlev and spearheaded by Sukhoi. The program has been named Perspektivnyy Aviatsionnyy Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii (Перспективный авиационный комплекс фронтовой авиации in Russian) - PAK FA, which means Future Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces. It is intended to replace the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian Air Force. Russia will soon start construction of a prototype fifth-generation fighter plane, Air Force Commander Alexander Zelin said August 8 2007.[5] "At present, we have completed the development of technical documentation for the fifth-generation fighter and passed it to the production plant, which will start construction in the near future," Colonel General Zelin said.[5] Sergei Ivanov, a first deputy prime minister supervising the defense industry, said in May that Russia's fifth generation fighter will take to the skies by the end of 2008.[5]

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Ranks of the Russian Military
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The Air Force commander also said Wednesday that Russia would deploy advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with flight range of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles) and flight duration of up to 12 hours by 2011.[5] The UAVs of both fixed- and rotary-wing types will perform a variety of tasks, including reconnaissance, attack, retransmission of radio signals and target designation, the general said.[5]

The 16th Air Army will soon receive two regiments of the advanced Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers in the near future.[6] General Belevitch said the 16th Air Army would also receive MiG-29SM Fulcrum fighters to replace outdated MiG-29s and modernized Su-25 Frogfoot close support aircraft, which showed outstanding performance during operations in Afghanistan, Chechnya and other "hot spots."[6]

Russia resumed the Soviet-era practice of sending its bomber aircraft on long-range flights at a permanent basis in July and August 2007, after a 15-year unilateral suspension due to fuel costs and other economic difficulties after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[7][8] Patrols towards the North Pole, the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean were reinstated, bringing the planes often close to NATO territory, most recently flying over the Irish Sea, between the UK and Ireland

Structure

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Structure of the Russian Air Force (click to enlarge)








This order of battle is reproduced from Air Forces Monthly's July & August 2007 editions, but is not complete - some of the training units and direct reporting units have subordinate squadrons or regiments listed in the magazine but not replicated here yet.

Direct Reporting Units

  • 8th Air Division for Special Purposes (Chkalovskiy)
  • 929th State Flight Test Centre (Akhtubinsk)
  • 4th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training - Lipetsk Air Base
  • 344th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training - Totskoye
  • 924th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training - Yegoryevsk (UAVs)
  • Russian State Scientific-Research Institute Centre for Cosmonaut Training - Zvezdnyi Goronok
  • 2457th Air Base of Long Range Radiolocation Detection Aircraft - A-50s - Ivanovo Severny
  • 1st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment - Su-24 - Lebyazhye
  • 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment - MiG-31, MiG-25PU - Bolshoye Savino Airport (Sokol)
  • 5th Independent Long Range Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment - Voronezh (CFE, INF verification)
  • 185th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training - Astrakhan
  • 118th Independent Helicopter Regiment - Dmitriyevka [Чебеньки], Orenburg Oblast.
  • 4020th Base for Reserve Aircraft, Lipetsk
  • 4215th Base for Reserve Aircraft, Dmitriyevka

Training Units

  • Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute (L-39Cs)
  • Syzran Military Aviation Institute (Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-24)
  • 783rd Training Centre (Armavir) (MiG-29, L-39C)
  • 786th Training Centre (Borisoglebsk)

Special Purpose Command, HQ Moscow, Moscow Military District

  • 16th Air Army - Kubinka
  • 226th Independent Composite Air Regiment (Mi-8, Mi-9, An-12, An-24, An-26, An-30) (Kubinka (air base));
  • 1st Corps of PVO (surface to air missiles only);
  • 32nd Corps of PVO (Rzhev)
  • Army Aviation components
    • 45th Independent Helicopter Regiment (Oreshkovo (Vorotinsk) near Kaluga) Mi-24
    • 440th Independent Helicopter Regiment for battle control- Vyazma - Mi-24, Mi-8
    • 490th Independent Helicopter Regiment for battle control - Klokovo (4 km north of Tula) - Mi-24, Mi-8;
    • 865th Reserve Helicopter Base (Protasovo/Aleksandrovo (air base), near Ryazan);

6th Army of VVS and PVO, Leningrad Military District

  • 21st Air Defence Corps - Severomorsk
    • 9th Fighter Aviation Regiment - HQ atKilp-Yavr (Poliarnyi) - Su-27;
    • 458th Interceptor Aviation Regiment - HQ at Savatiya (Kotlas) - MiG-25U, MiG-31;
  • 54th Air Defence Corps - HQ at Taytsy
  • 149th Composite Aviation Division
  • 67th Bomber Aviation Regiment - HQ at Siverskiy-2 - Su-24;
  • 722nd Bomber Aviation Regiment - HQ at Smuravyevo (Gdov) - Su-24;
  • 98th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment - HQ at Monchegorsk (air base) - MiG-25RB/U, Su-24MR;
  • 138th Independent Composite Air Regiment - HQ at Levashevo - An-12, An-26, Mi-8, Tu-134;
  • 147th Independent Helicopter Squadron of Electronic Warfare - HQ at Pushkin - Mi-8PPA;
  • 332nd Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control - HQ at Pribylovo - Mi-8, Mi-24;
  • 85th Independent Helicopter Squadron - HQ at Alakurtti - Mi-8, Mi-24.

4th Army of VVS and PVO, North Caucasus Military District

  • 1st Composite Air Division - Krasnodar
    • 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment - Morozovsk - Su-24 in service;
    • 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment - Yeysk - operates the Su-24 and L-39C;
    • 368th Assault Aviation Regiment - Budyonnovsk - Su-25;
    • 461st Assault Aviation Regiment - Krasnodar - Su-25;
    • 960th Assault Aviation Regiment - Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Su-25;
  • 51st Air Defence Corps - Rostov on Don
    • 3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment - Krymskaya, (ex 562nd) - Su-27;
    • 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment - Millerovo - MiG-29;
    • 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment - Zernograd - MiG-29;
    • SAM Regiments
  • 11th Independent Reconnaissance Air Regiment - Marinovka - operates the Su-24MR;
  • 535th Independent Composite Air Regiment - Rostov on Don - Mi-8, An-12 and An-26 in service;
  • ex Army Aviation component
    • 55th Independent Helicopter Regiment - Korenovsk - Mi-24, Mi-8;
    • 325th Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment - Yegorlyskaya - Mi-26, Mi-8;
    • 487th Independent Helicopter Regiment for battle control- Budyonnovsk - Mi-8, Mi-24;

5th Army of VVS and PVO, HQ Yekaterinburg, Volga-Ural Military District General Lieutenant Mikhail Kucheryavy[9]

  • 128th Independent Composite Air Squadron - HQ at Koltsovo near Yekaterinburg - An-26;
  • 320th Independent Transport Squadron of Search & Rescue Service - HQ at Uprun (Troitsk), near Chelyabinsk - Mi-8;
  • 999th Air Base - Kant, Kyrgyzstan - L-39, Mi-8, Su-25;
  • Army Aviation component;
    • 793rd Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Kinel'-Cherkasy - Mi-8, Mi-26;
    • 237th Independent Helicopter Squadron - HQ at Bobrovka - Mi-8, Mi-24;

14th Army of VVS and PVO, HQ Novosibirsk, Siberian Military District

  • 21st Composite Air Division - HQ at Dzhida;
    • 2nd Bomber Aviation Regiment - HQ at Dzhida - Su-24M;
    • 266th Shturmovik Air Regiment - HQ at Step',Oloviannaya - Su-25;
    • 313th Reconnaissance Air Regiment - HQ at Bada - Su-24MR;
  • 120th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment - HQ atDomna, 27 km southwest of Chita - MiG-29;
  • 712th Interceptor Aviation Regiment - HQ at Kansk (air base) - MiG-25PU, MiG-31;
  • 137th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron - HQ at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport - An-26;
  • Army Aviation component
    • 337th Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Berdsk - Mi-8, Mi-24;
    • 112th Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Chita - Mi-8, Mi-24;
  • Two SAM regiments and four radar units

11th Army of VVS and PVO, Far East Military District - HQ at Khabarovsk

  • 23rd PVO Corps - HQ at Vladivostok;
    • 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment - HQ at Centralnaya Uglovaya (Artem) - Su-27;
    • 530th Intercepto Aviation Regiment - HQ at Sokolovka - MiG-25PU, MiG-31;
  • 25th PVO Division - HQ at Komsomolsk na Amure
    • 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment - HQ at Dzemgi - Su-27;
  • 303rd Composite Aviation Division - HQ at Ussuriysk
    • 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment - HQ at Khurba - Su-24;
    • 302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment - HQ at Verino - Su-24;
    • 18th Shturmovik (Assault) Air Regiment - HQ at Galenki - Su-25;
    • 187th Shturmovik Air Regiment - HQ at Chernigovka - Su-25;
    • 799th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment - HQ at Varfolomeyevka - Su-24MR, MiG-25RB(?);
  • 257th Independent Composite Air Regiment - HQ at Khabarovsk-Bolshoy - An-12, An-26, Mi-8;
  • Army Aviation component;
    • Unknown Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Sokol (Dolinsk) - Mi-8;
    • 319th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control - HQ at Chernigovka - Mi-24;
    • 364th Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Srednebelaya - Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-26;
    • 825th Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Garovka-2 - Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-26;

Air Armies of the Supreme High Command

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  • 37th Air Army (strategic bombers) - HQs at Moscow
    • 43rd Centre for Combat and Flight Personnel Training - Ryazan - operates the Tu-22M3, Tu-95MS, Tu-134UBL and An-26;
    • 22nd Heavy Bomber Air Division "Donbass" - HQs at Engels-2;
      • 121st Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Engels - Tu-160 in service;
      • 184th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Engels - Tu-95MS;
      • 52nd Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Shaykovka - Tu-22M3;
      • 840th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Soltsy - Tu-22M3;
    • 326th Heavy Bomber Air Division - HQs at Ukrainka;
      • 182nd Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Ukrainka - Tu-95MS;
      • 79th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Ukrainka - Tu-95MS;
      • 200th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Belaya (air base) (near Irkutsk) - Tu-22M3, Tu-22MR;
      • 444th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment - Vozdvizshenka (Ussuriysk) - Tu-22M3;
    • 203rd Independent Air Regiment of Tanker Aircraft - HQs at Ryazan - Il-78 and Il-78M in service;
    • 181st Independent Air Squadron - Irkutsk - An-12 and An-30;
    • 199th Air Base - Ulan-Ude;
    • 3119th Air Base - Tambov;
    • Unknown Air Base - Tiksi;
  • 61st Air Army (former Military Transport Aviation) - Moscow
    • 610th Centre for Combat and Flight Personnel Training - HQs at Ivanovo - Severnyi;
      • Unknown Instructor Military Transport Air Squadron - Ivanovo - operates the Il-76;
    • 12th Military Transport Air Division - Tver (Migalovo);
      • 196th Military Transport Air Regiment - Tver - Il-76 in service;
      • 566th Military Transport Air Regiment - Seshcha - Il-76, An-124;
      • 76th Independent Military Transport Air Squadron - Tver - An-22;
    • 103rd Military Transport Air Regiment - Smolensk - Il-76;
    • 110th Military Transport Air Regiment - Krechevitsy - Il-76;
    • 117th Military Transport Air Regiment - Orenburg - Il-76, An-12;
    • 334th Military Transport Air Regiment - Pskov - Il-76;
    • 708th Military Transport Air Regiment - Taganrog - Il-76;
    • 78th Independent Military Transport Air Squadron - Klin-5 - operates An-26, An-12 and Tu-134;
    • 224th Air Detachment of Military Transport Aviation - Tver - An-124, Il-76MD;
    • one communications centre

The List of Soviet Air Force bases shows a number which are still active with the Russian Air Force.

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Versions Numbers In Service

[5][6]

 Comments
Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Fighter Su-27 Differs by source Warfare.ru: 350 + 52 trng a/c, inc 5 -27SM[7]

IISS Mil Bal 07: 281, inc 18 -27SM Globalsecurity.org: 321[8]
Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker-C Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Fighter Su-30 10 Air Defense
Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Fighter Su-33 23 Designed for service on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Fighter Su-35 15 built, 5 are in active service.
Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Fighter MiG-29 Differs by source Warfare.ru: 380 +150 reserve + 50 trng Globalsecurity.org: 266

[9][10]
Sukhoi T-50[10][11] Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Fighter 2 (Testbeds) To be mass produced by 2012 Fifth Generation multirole/Air Superiority fighter.
Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Interceptor MiG-31 Differs by source Warfare.ru: 256 active, ~100 reserve[12] GS.org/IISS MilBal 07: 188 [13]
Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Tactical Bomber Su-24MR 450 400 Frontal Air Force; 50 Navy, planned modernization to reach Su-24M2 level
Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Attacker Su-25 241 231 Frontal Air Force; 10 Navy, planned modernization to reach Su-25SM level.
Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Fighter-bomber Su-34 Differs by source GS.org: 4,[14] Flight Intl: 2 on hand, plus 6 more in 2007,[15] IISS MilBal 07: 2 on hand, plus 7 more in 2007[16]
Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Strategic bomber Tu-22M3 158 158 (37th Air Army), planned modernization to reach Tu-22M5
Tupolev Tu-95 Bear Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Strategic bomber Tu-95MS 64 64 (37th Air Army), planned modernization of 35 to reach Tu-95MSM
Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Strategic bomber Tu-160 16(50 by 2012) 16 (37th Air Army), planned modernization to reach Tu-160M
Ilyushin Il-76 Candid Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Transport IL-76MD 220 Planned modernization to reach Il-76MD-90
Ilyushin Il-112 Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Light Transport Il-112V 0 18 to be delivered until 2015
Antonov An-22 'Antey' Cock Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Transport An-22 3 flying + several stored
Antonov An-72 Coaler Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Transport An-72 20 IISS does not list any in service
Antonov An-124 'Ruslan' Condor Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Transport An-124 25 14 says IISS
Ilyushin Il-80 Maxdome Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Command Post Il-80 4
Tupolev Tu-214 Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Command Post / VIP Tu-214-100 4(ordered) 1 in final stages and 3 in construction
Ilyushin Il-78 Midas Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Refueling Tanker IL-78 19
Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Reconnaissance Su-24MR 79 79 Frontal Air Force
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RB Foxbat Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Reconnaissance MiG-25RB 70 30 MiG-25 fighter versions and 40 Mig-25RB Reccon. aircraft.
Beriev A-50 'Shmel' Mainstay Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union AWACS-Reconnaissance Beriev A-50 19 currently in modernization to reach A-50M
Yakovlev Yak-130 Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Training Yak-130 0 60 ordered, to be commissioned until 2015
Kamov Ka-50 'Black Shark' Hokum A Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Attack Helicopter Ka-50 16 3 more to be commissioned this year [17]
Kamov Ka-52 'Alligator' Hokum B Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Attack Helicopter Ka-52 9 Special Forces - 12 more to be commissioned until 2015 [18]
Mil Mi-24 Hind Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Attack helicopter Mi-24 260 240 Air Force, 20 Navy - All to be replaced within 2015 by Mi-28s[19]
Mil Mi-28 Havoc Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Attack Helicopter Mi-28 10 300 to be delivered until 2015 [20]
Mil Mi-6 Hook Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Transport Helicopter Mi-6 5
Mil Mi-8 Hip Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Transport Helicopter Mi-8 195 160 Air Force, 35 Navy
Mil Mi-14 Haze Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union ASW Helicopter Mi-14 9
Mil Mi-26 Halo Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Transport Helicopter Mil Mi-26 45
Kamov Ka-27 Helix Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union ASW Helicopter Ka-27 88 Navy
Kamov Ka-60 Orca Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Transport Helicopter Ka-60 8[citation needed] 200 ordered

Gallery of images

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Mikoyan MiG-29
Su-27 Russian Knights 04.jpg

Sukhoi Su-27
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Su-24 Fencer left side.jpg

Sukhoi Su-24
Tu-95-2.jpg

Tupolev Tu-95
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Tupolev Tu-160
Sudan Nyala Airport Ilyushin-76.jpg

Ilyushin Il-76
Antonov An-124 EFHK.jpg

Antonov An-124 Ruslan
Mi-28 Havoc.jpg

Mil Mi-28
Mi-24 Desert Rescue.jpg

Mil Mi-24
Ka-50 NTW 7 8 93.jpg

Ka-50
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Mi-26
Yakovlev Yak-130 MAKS 2005.jpg

Yakovlev Yak-130
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Sukhoi Su-25
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Mil Mi-8 attack/transport helicopter

Ranks and insignia

Main article: Air Force ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation

See also

References

  1. ^ IISS Military Balance 2007 gives the Russian Air Force as having 4,000+ aircraft, 833 in store, but only 160,000 personnel, reducing to 148,000, and 1,650 combat capable aircraft. The PLAAF is listed with 400,000 personnel and 2,643 combat capable aircraft. IISS Military Balance 2007, p.200, 350.
  2. ^ Piotr Butowski, 'Russia's new air force enters a tight manoeuvre,' Jane's Intelligence Review, May 1999, p.14
  3. ^ Valeriy Kolosov, Military Reform: Minus One Hundred Thousand, Kommersant, 11 October 2004, cited in Scott & Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004
  4. ^ Routledge/IISS, IISS Military Balance 2007, p.200
  5. ^ a b c d e Russia to build fifth-generation fighter prototype soon
  6. ^ a b
  7. ^ BBC NEWS, Russia restarts Cold War, 17 August 2007, patrols, [1]
  8. ^ Russia restores Soviet-era strategic bomber patrols - Putin -2 Russian News & Information Agency
  9. ^ 'Kucheryavy takes up post as Urals Air Force, Air Defense Army commander', AVN Military News Agency, MOSCOW. July 10 2007 (Interfax-AVN)
  10. ^ Russia's fifth generation combat aircraft to fly by late 2008-Ivanov
  11. ^ Russia to build fifth-generation fighter prototype soon
  12. ^ Warfare.ru, [2]
  13. ^ Globalsecurity.org, [3] and IISS Military Balance 2007, p.200
  14. ^ Globalsecurity.org, [4]
  15. ^ Russia gets first new fighters for 15 years as Sukhoi Su-34 debuts." Karnozov, V. Flight International. January 4, 2007.
  16. ^ IISS Mlitary Balance 2007, p.200
  17. ^ Air Forces Monthly, July 2007 edition.
  18. ^ Air Forces Monthly, July 2007 edition.
  19. ^ Mi-28 Replacing Mi-24
  20. ^ [http://www.kommersant.com/p-11581/Combat_helicopter/ Russia’s Air Force to Replace Combat Helicopters by 2015


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