This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Russian Air Force as of 2024. It belongs under larger Russian Aerospace Forces branch, established on 1 August 2015 with merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
Aircraft
Current inventory
Main article: Russian Air ForceAircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Combat Aircraft | |||||
Sukhoi Su-57 | Russia | stealth multirole | 29 | 78 on order | |
Sukhoi Su-35 | Russia | air superiority | Su-35S | 118+ | A total of 30 on order. As of 28 May 2024 at least 7 Su-35S have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. |
Sukhoi Su-34 | Russia | multirole | 163+ | As of 27 July 2024 at least 27 Su-34 and one Su-34M have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. | |
Sukhoi Su-30 | Russia | multirole | Su-30SM/M2 | 110+ | 91 Su-30SM and 19 Su-30M2 in service as of 2022 and new deliveries were conducted in late 2023 and mid 2024. As of 28 May 2024 at least 11 Su-30SM have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. |
Mikoyan MiG-35 | Russia | multirole | MiG-35S/UB | 6 | |
Mikoyan MiG-31 | USSR | interceptor / attack | MiG-31BM/BSM/K | 247 | |
Mikoyan MiG-29 | USSR/Russia | air superiority | MiG-29S/UB/SMT/UBT | 253 | To be replaced by the MiG-35 |
Sukhoi Su-27 | USSR/Russia | air superiority | Su-27P/UB/SM/SM3 | <403 | |
Sukhoi Su-25 | USSR | attack | Su-25/UB/SM/SM3 | 163 | |
Sukhoi Su-24 | USSR | attack | Su-24M/M2 | 261 | To be replaced by the Su-34 |
Tupolev Tu-95 | USSR | strategic bomber | Tu-95MS/MS16 | 42 | |
Tupolev Tu-22M | USSR | strategic bomber | Tu-22M3/M3M | 67 | |
Tupolev Tu-160 | USSR/Russia | strategic bomber | Tu-160/M | 17 | 10 on order |
AWACS | |||||
Beriev A-50 | USSR | AWACS | A-50/U | 15-19 | 7 modernized to A-50U |
Ilyushin Il-22 | USSR | command and control | Il-22/M | 18 | |
Ilyushin Il-82 | USSR | command and control | 1 | ||
Ilyushin Il-80 | USSR | command and control | 3 | ||
Electronic Warfare | |||||
Antonov An-12 | USSR | radar jamming | An-12PP | 4 | |
Ilyushin Il-22 | USSR | radar jamming | Il-22PP | 3 | |
Reconnaissance | |||||
Antonov An-30 | USSR | reconnaissance | 15 | ||
Ilyushin Il-20 | USSR | SIGINT / ELINT | Il-20/M | 12 | |
Myasishchev M-55 | USSR | reconnaissance | 1 | ||
Tupolev Tu-214 | Russia | reconnaissance | Tu-214ON/PU-SBUS | 4 | |
Tupolev Tu-214R | Russia | SIGINT / ELINT | Tu-214R | 2 | |
Tanker | |||||
Ilyushin Il-78 | USSR | air refueling | Il-78/M | 19 | 1 modernized to Il-78M2 |
Transport | |||||
Antonov An-12 | USSR | transport | An-12B/BK | 56 | |
Antonov An-22 | USSR | transport | An-22A | 5 | |
Antonov An-26 | USSR | transport | 113 | ||
Antonov An-72 | USSR | transport | An-72/P | 29 | |
Antonov An-124 | USSR | strategic airlifter | An-124-100 | 4 | |
Antonov An-140 | Ukraine/Russia | transport | An-140-100 | 5 | |
Antonov An-148 | Ukraine/Russia | VIP transport | An-148-100E | 15 | |
Ilyushin Il-18 | USSR | transport | Il-18D/V | 8 | |
Ilyushin Il-62 | USSR/Russia | VIP transport | Il-62M | 7 | |
Ilyushin Il-76 | USSR/Russia | strategic airlifter | Il-76M/MD/MD-M/MD-90A | 128 | |
Let L-410 Turbolet | Czechoslovakia | transport | 43 | ||
Tupolev Tu-134 | USSR | transport | 55 | ||
Tupolev Tu-154 | USSR | transport | Tu-154B-2/M | 19 | |
Helicopter | |||||
Eurocopter AS350 / AS355 | France | utility | 5 | ||
Kazan Ansat | Russia | utility | Ansat-U | 50 | |
Kamov Ka-27 | USSR | attack | 6 | ||
Kamov Ka-52 | Russia | attack | 196+ | ||
Kamov Ka-226 | Russia | utility | 36 | ||
Mil Mi-8 / Mi-17 | USSR/Russia | attack / transport | 746 | ||
Mil Mi-24 | USSR/Russia | attack / transport | 330 | ||
Mil Mi-26 | USSR/Russia | transport | Mi-26/T | 44 | |
Mil Mi-28 | Russia | attack | Mi-28N/NM | 126 | |
Mil Mi-38 | Russia | transport | Mi-38T | 2 | |
Trainer | |||||
Aero L-39 Albatros | Czechoslovakia | trainer | 210 | ||
Diamond DA42T | Austria | trainer | 35 | ||
Mil Mi-2 | Polish People's Republic | trainer | 29 | ||
Mi-28UB | Russia | trainer / attack | Mi-28UB | 12 | |
Tu-134UBL | USSR | trainer | Tu-134UBL | 37 | Tu-160 trainer |
Yakovlev Yak-130 | Russia | trainer / attack | 110+ | ||
Yakovlev Yak-152 | Russia | trainer | 150 on order |
See also
- List of active Russian military aircraft
- List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
- Lists of currently active military equipment by country
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