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Promising aviation complex tactical aviation (PAK FA) T-50
© ITAR-TASS/ Vladimir Astapkovich
Turboprop strategic bomber-missile Tu-95
© Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Multirole all-weather Ka-52 “alligator”
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS
Multipurpose fighter MiG-35
© ITAR-TASS/ Maxim Shemetov
Multi-purpose fighter su-35
© Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Attack helicopter Mi-28N “Night hunter”
© Marina Lystseva/TASS
Deck multi-purpose fighter of fourth generation MiG-29K
© RAC “MiG”
Supersonic strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-160
© Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Heavy multi-purpose military transport helicopter Mi-26
© ITAR-TASS/ Marina Lystseva
Front-line bomber with variable sweep wing su-24
© ITAR-TASS/ Sergei Bobylev
Attack helicopter Mi-35
© ITAR-TASS/ Marina Lystseva
Subsonic attack aircraft su-25 “Grach”
© ITAR-TASS/ Yuri Smityuk
All-weather double fighter-bomber su-34
© ITAR-TASS/ Mikhail Syrytsa
Heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD
© ITAR-TASS/ Sergei Savostyanov
Training and combat aircraft Yak-130
© ITAR-TASS/ Marina Lystseva
Carrier-based fighter of the fourth generation su-33
© ITAR-TASS/ Lev Fedoseyev
Multipurpose helicopter Mi-8
© ITAR-TASS/ Alexander Ryumin
Attack helicopter Mi-24
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin
Double multi-purpose fighter su-30
© Vadim Grishanin/Office of the press service and information Ministry of defense of Russia/TASS
Supersonic all-weather fighter-interceptor MiG-31
© Donat Sorokin/TASS
Multirole fighters MiG-29
© Donat Sorokin/TASS
Attack helicopter Ka-50 “Black shark”
© Russian Defense Ministry
The plane of distant radar detection and management A-50
© ITAR-TASS/ Vladimir Smirnov
Heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD and Sukhoi su-24
© Igor Rudenko/Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Aviation group aerobatics “Russian knights” and “Swifts”
© Marina Lystseva/TASS
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Promising aviation complex tactical aviation (PAK FA) T-50
© ITAR-TASS/ Vladimir Astapkovich
Turboprop strategic bomber-missile Tu-95
© Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Multirole all-weather Ka-52 “alligator”
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS
Multipurpose fighter MiG-35
© ITAR-TASS/ Maxim Shemetov
Multi-purpose fighter su-35
© Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Attack helicopter Mi-28N “Night hunter”
© Marina Lystseva/TASS
Deck multi-purpose fighter of fourth generation MiG-29K
© RAC “MiG”
Supersonic strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-160
© Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Heavy multi-purpose military transport helicopter Mi-26
© ITAR-TASS/ Marina Lystseva
Front-line bomber with variable sweep wing su-24
© ITAR-TASS/ Sergei Bobylev
Attack helicopter Mi-35
© ITAR-TASS/ Marina Lystseva
Subsonic attack aircraft su-25 “Grach”
© ITAR-TASS/ Yuri Smityuk
All-weather double fighter-bomber su-34
© ITAR-TASS/ Mikhail Syrytsa
Heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD
© ITAR-TASS/ Sergei Savostyanov
Training and combat aircraft Yak-130
© ITAR-TASS/ Marina Lystseva
Carrier-based fighter of the fourth generation su-33
© ITAR-TASS/ Lev Fedoseyev
Multipurpose helicopter Mi-8
© ITAR-TASS/ Alexander Ryumin
Attack helicopter Mi-24
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin
Double multi-purpose fighter su-30
© Vadim Grishanin/Office of the press service and information Ministry of defense of Russia/TASS
Supersonic all-weather fighter-interceptor MiG-31
© Donat Sorokin/TASS
Multirole fighters MiG-29
© Donat Sorokin/TASS
Attack helicopter Ka-50 “Black shark”
© Russian Defense Ministry
The plane of distant radar detection and management A-50
© ITAR-TASS/ Vladimir Smirnov
Heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD and Sukhoi su-24
© Igor Rudenko/Agency “Voeninform” MO RF
Aviation group aerobatics “Russian knights” and “Swifts”
© Marina Lystseva/TASS
Composed of Air and space forces (VKS) Russia three kinds of troops: air force (IAF), army air and missile defense, and space forces.
According to open sources, the Russian air force is more than 1.8 thousand aircraft, including:
- more than 800 fighters (su-27, su-30, su-33, su-35, MiG-29, MiG-31 and their modifications),
- about 150 strike aircraft (su-24 and su-34),
- about 200 attack aircraft (su-25),
- 150 training aircraft (Yak-130,etc.)
- about 70 strategic bombers (Tu-95 and Tu-160),
- more than 40 long-range bombers Tu-22M3.