List of active Russian Air Force aircraft

This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Russian Air Force.

Emblem of the Russian Air Force

Aircraft

Current inventory

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

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat Aircraft
Mikoyan MiG-29	USSR/Russia	air superiority	MiG-29S/UB/SMT/UBT	249[1]	To be replaced by the MiG-35
Mikoyan MiG-31	USSR	interceptor / attack	MiG-31BM/BSM/K	132[1]
Mikoyan MiG-35	Russia	multirole	MiG-35S/UB	2[2]	6 on order[3]
Sukhoi Su-24	USSR	attack	Su-24M/M2	274[1]	To be replaced by the Su-34
Sukhoi Su-25	USSR	attack	Su-25/UB/SM/SM3	194[1]
Sukhoi Su-27	USSR/Russia	air superiority	Su-27P/UB/SM/SM3	229[1]
Sukhoi Su-30	Russia	multirole	Su-30SM/M2	112[4][5]	92 x Su-30SM. 20 M2 variants used for conversion training
Sukhoi Su-34	Russia	multirole		127[6]	76 on order[7]
Sukhoi Su-35	Russia	air superiority	Su-35S	90[8]
Sukhoi Su-57	Russia	stealth multirole			78 on order[9][10]
Tupolev Tu-160	USSR/Russia	strategic bomber	Tu-160/M	16[1]	10 on order[11]
Tupolev Tu-22M	USSR	strategic bomber	Tu-22M3/M3M	67[1]
Tupolev Tu-95	USSR	strategic bomber	Tu-95MS/MS16	42[1]
AWACS
Beriev A-50	USSR	AWACS	A-50/U	15-19[1][12]	6 modernized to A-50U[13]
Ilyushin Il-22	USSR	command and control	Il-22/M	18[14]
Ilyushin Il-82	USSR	command and control		1[1]
Ilyushin Il-80	USSR	command and control		3[1]
Electronic Warfare
Antonov An-12	USSR	radar jamming	An-12PP	4[1]
Ilyushin Il-22	USSR	radar jamming	Il-22PP	3[15]
Reconnaissance
Antonov An-30	USSR	reconnaissance		15[1]
Ilyushin Il-20	USSR	SIGINT / ELINT	Il-20/M	12[16]
Myasishchev M-55	USSR	reconnaissance		1
Tupolev Tu-214	Russia	reconnaissance	Tu-214ON/PU-SBUS	4[17][18]
Tupolev Tu-214R	Russia	SIGINT / ELINT	Tu-214R	2[19]
Tanker
Ilyushin Il-78	USSR	air refueling	Il-78/M	19[1]	1 modernized to Il-78M2
Transport
Antonov An-12	USSR	transport	An-12B/BK	56[1]
Antonov An-22	USSR	transport	An-22A	5[1]
Antonov An-26	USSR	transport		113[1]
Antonov An-72	USSR	transport	An-72/P	29[1]
Antonov An-124	USSR	strategic airlifter	An-124-100	4[1]
Antonov An-140	Ukraine/Russia	transport	An-140-100	5[20]
Antonov An-148	Ukraine/Russia	VIP transport	An-148-100E	15[21]
Ilyushin Il-18	USSR	transport	Il-18D/V	8[22]
Ilyushin Il-62	USSR/Russia	VIP transport	Il-62M	7[23]
Ilyushin Il-76	USSR/Russia	strategic airlifter	Il-76M/MD/MD-M/MD-90A	109[1]
Let L-410 Turbolet	Czech Republic	transport		43[1]
Tupolev Tu-134	USSR	transport		55[24]
Tupolev Tu-154	USSR	transport	Tu-154B-2/M	19[25]
Helicopter
Eurocopter AS350 / AS355	France	utility		5[1]
Kazan Ansat	Russia	utility	Ansat-U	50[1][26]
Kamov Ka-27	USSR	attack		6[1]
Kamov Ka-52	Russia	attack		127
Kamov Ka-226	Russia	utility		36[1]
Mil Mi-8 / Mi-17	USSR/Russia	attack / transport		746[1]
Mil Mi-24 / Mi-35	USSR/Russia	attack / transport		330[1]
Mil Mi-26	USSR/Russia	transport	Mi-26/T	44[1]
Mil Mi-28	Russia	attack	Mi-28N/NM	95[1]
Mil Mi-38	Russia	transport	Mi-38T	2[27]
Trainer
Aero L-39 Albatros	Czechoslovakia	trainer		210[1]
Diamond DA42T	Austria	trainer		9[1]	35 on order[1]
Mil Mi-2	Poland	trainer		29[1]
Mi-28UB	Russia	trainer / attack	Mi-28UB	12[1]
Tu-134UBL	USSR	trainer	Tu-134UBL	37[1]	Tu-160 trainer
Yakovlev Yak-130	Russia	trainer / attack		110[1]
Yakovlev Yak-152	Russia	trainer			150 on order[28]

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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