Combat Aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service
MiG-29	Russia	multirole	MiG-29K	36

Maritime patrol

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service
Boeing P-8	United States	ASW / patrol	P-8I	9
Ilyushin Il-38	Soviet Union	ASW / patrol		5
Dornier Do 228	Germany	surveillance	228-201	25
Britten-Norman BN-2	United Kingdom	utility / patrol	BN-2B/2T	10

Helicopters

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service
Kamov Ka-31	Russia	AEW		14
SH-60 Seahawk	United States	ASW / SAR	MH-60R
Kamov Ka-27	Russia	ASW	Ka-28	14
Westland Sea King	United Kingdom	SAR / utility	Mk.42B/C	31
HAL Dhruv	India	utility		9
HAL Chetak	France	liaison / light utility		35

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service
MiG-29	Russia	Conversion trainer	MiG-29KUB	8
BAE Hawk	United Kingdom	Jet trainer	Hawk 132	17
HAL Kiran	India	Jet trainer		20

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service
IAI Heron	Israel	surveillance	Heron 1
IAI Searcher	Israel	surveillance	Mk. I / II
DRDO Lakshya	India	target drone		39
MQ-9 Reaper	United States	Unmanned combat aerial vehicle		2

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Sukhoi Su-30

ICAO aircraft codeSU30

ManufacturerSukhoi

CountryRussia

New priceUSD 47 million (2020)

The Sukhoi Su-30 (Russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia’s Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air interdiction missions.

The Su-30 started as an internal development project in the Sukhoi Su-27 family by Sukhoi. The design plan was revamped and the name was made official by the Russian Defense Ministry in 1996. Of the Flanker family, the Su-27, Su-30, Su-33, Su-34 and Su-35 have been ordered into limited or serial production by the Russian Defense Ministry. The Su-30 has two distinct version branches, manufactured by competing organisations: KnAAPO and the Irkut Corporation, both of which come under the Sukhoi group’s umbrella.

KnAAPO manufactures the Su-30MKK and the Su-30MK2, which were designed for and sold to China, and later Indonesia, Uganda, Venezuela, and Vietnam. Due to KnAAPO’s involvement from the early stages of developing the Su-35, these are basically a two-seat version of the mid-1990s Su-35. The Chinese chose an older but lighter radar so the canards could be omitted in return for increased payload. It is a fighter with both air supremacy and attack capabilities, generally similar to the U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle.

Irkut traditionally served the Soviet Air Defense and, in the early years of Flanker development, was given the responsibility of manufacturing the Su-27UB, the two-seat trainer version. When India showed interests in the Su-30, Irkut offered the multirole Su-30MKI, which originated as the Su-27UB modified with avionics appropriate for fighters. Along with its ground-attack capabilities, the series adds features for the air-superiority role, such as canards, thrust-vectoring, and a long-range phased-array radar. Its derivatives include the Su-30MKM, MKA, and SM for Malaysia, Algeria, and Russia respectively. The Russian Air Force operates several Su-30s and has ordered the Su-30SM variant as well.

The Su-30 is one of the best Russian fighter jets of all times

Sukhoi Su-30 specifications

General 

ICAO aircraft code

SU30

Manufacturer

Sukhoi

Manufactured

1992 - Present

Country

Russia

New purchase price

USD 47 million (2020)

Weight & dimensions 🏋

Max Take Off Weight:

34,500 Kg
76,059 lbs

Max Payload:

8,000 Kg
17,637 lbs

Fuel Tank Capacity:

3,165 gallon
11,981 liter

Disclaimer: The information on this page may not be accurate or current. Never use it for flight planning or any other aircraft operation purposes. No warranty of fitness for any purpose is made or implied. Flight planning or any other aircraft operations should only be done using official technical information provided by the manufacture or official aviation authorities.

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