Military


Air Forces
Aircraft Inventory
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2010 2015 2020
Troops of National Air Defense (PVO) merged with Air Force in 1998
TOTAL A/C 11,070 10,470 7,735 7,550 6,785 1,715 ? ? ?
 
Fighters 1,620 1,520 1,290 1,405 1,390 822 769 650 552
  MiG-21 Fishbed 50 50 50 10 10 - - - -
  MiG-23 Flogger 700 600 600 400 400 - - - -
  MiG-25 Foxbat 40 40 15 15 5 30 - - -
  MiG-29 Fulcrum 540 540 325 260 255 266 240 ? 200 ? 0 ?
  MiG-29SMT Fulcrum - - - - - 15 15 15 15
  MiG-31 Foxhound 200 200 200 370 370 188 180 130 ? -
  MiG-31BM Foxhound - - - - - 2 10 ? 50 ? 180 ?
  Su-27 Flanker 90 90 100 350 350 315 300 110 -
  Su-27SM Flanker - - - - - 6 24 60 125
  Su-35BM Flanker - - - - - - - 75 182
  Su T-50 PAK FA - - - - - - - 10 ? 50 ?
  MiG LMFS - - - - - - - ? ?
Ground Attack 2,270 2,155 1,225 1,085 990 600 510 333 350
  Su-7 Fitter 130 100 100 100 100 - - - -
  MiG-21 Fishbed 135 50 50 50 50 - - - -
  MiG-27 Flogger 500 500 150 150 100 - - - -
  Su-17 Fitter 535 535 200 200 190 - - - -
  Su-24 Fencer 630 630 500 360 350 400 300 150 0
  Su-34 Fullback - - - - - 4 10 58 250
  Su-25 Frogfoot 340 340 225 225 200 200 200 100 50
  Su-39 Frogfoot - - - - - - - 25 50
DRLO [AEW] - - - 20 20 16 16 16 16
  A-50 Mainstay - - - 20 20 16 16 16 16
  AN-72 Coaler 2 - - - - - - - -
Reconnaissance 785 665 430 250 255 170 125 50 0
  MiG-21 Fishbed 50 10 10 10 10 - - - -
  MiG-25 Foxbat 170 170 70 70 60 70 50 25 0
  Su-17 Fitter 190 110 50 50 40 - - - -
  Su-24 Fencer 225 225 150 120 145 100 75 25 0
  Yak-28 Firebar 150 150 150 - - - - - -
ECM 60 60 60 60 60 - ? ? ?
  Su-24 Fencer 10 10 10 - - - - - -
  Yak-28 Firebar 50 50 50 - - - - - -
  Mi-8 Mi-8 - - - 60 60 - - - -
Training 2,000 2,000 1,140 1,140 980 980 650 450 350
  L-39 336 300 100 -
  Yak-130 Condor - - - - - 10 50 ? 150 250
  Other 634 300 200 100
Reserves - - - - - - ? ? ?
Decommissioned/In Storage 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 1,700 - ? ? ?

There are some evident discrepancies in some of these time series that are not immediately explicable. These numbers represent a consolidlation of data from a variety of sources, including the frustratingly inconsistent data provided by IISS. Troops of National Air Defense (PVO) merged with Air Force in 1998, which is reflected in some changes between 1995 and 2000. Otherwise, in the face of an almost complete procurement holliday from 1992 through 2007, aircraft holdings should be expected to go down, not up, and any reports to the contrary are immediately suspect. In some cases this may reflect an increase in actiev aircraft, as airframes could be taken out of storage and back into service.




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