List of active Russian Air Force aircraft

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This is a list of the military aircraft currently in service with the Russian Air Force as of 2025. It belongs to the Russian Aerospace Forces, established on 1 August 2015, after the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

Aircraft

Current inventory

Main article: Russian Air Force

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
Sukhoi Su-57	Russia	stealth multirole		29 [1] [2] [3]	78 on order [4]
Sukhoi Su-35	Russia	air superiority	Su-35S	118+ [4]	As of 28 May 2024 at least 7 Su-35S have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[ citation needed ]
Sukhoi Su-34	Russia	multirole		142 [4] -163+ [5] [6] [7] [8]	As of 27 July 2024 at least 27 Su-34 and one Su-34M have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[ citation needed ]
Sukhoi Su-30	Russia	multirole	Su-30SM/M2	110+ [4]	91 Su-30SM and 19 Su-30M2 in service as of 2022 [9] [10] and new deliveries were conducted in late 2023 and mid 2024. [11] As of 28 May 2024 at least 11 Su-30SM have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[ citation needed ]
Mikoyan MiG-35	Russia	multirole	MiG-35S/UB	6 [12] [13]	[14] [15]
Mikoyan MiG-31	USSR	interceptor / attack	MiG-31BM/BSM/K	128 [4] -247 [16]
Mikoyan MiG-29	USSR/Russia	air superiority	MiG-29S/UB/SMT/UBT	256 [4]	To be replaced by the MiG-35[ citation needed ]
Sukhoi Su-27	USSR/Russia	air superiority	Su-27P/UB/SM/SM3	<422 [4]
Sukhoi Su-25	USSR	attack	Su-25/UB/SM/SM3	175 [4]
Sukhoi Su-24	USSR	attack	Su-24M/M2	260 [4]	To be replaced by the Su-34[ citation needed ]
Tupolev Tu-160	USSR/Russia	strategic bomber	Tu-160/M	15 [4]	10+40 on order [4]
Tupolev Tu-95	USSR	strategic bomber	Tu-95MS/MS16	47 [4]	3x Tu-95MS destroyed plus 1x damaged by Ukraine SBU attack on Olenya airbase [17] 3x Tu-95MS destroyed plus 1x damaged by Ukraine SBU attack on Belyay airbase [18]
Tupolev Tu-22M	USSR	strategic bomber	Tu-22M3/M3M	56 [4]	1x Tu-22 destroyed at Soltsy airfield, 19 Aug 2023 [19] [20] 1x Tu-22 crashed after shot by Ukrainian air defense, mid Apr 2024 [21] [22] 4x Tu-22M3 destroyed by Ukraine SBU attack on Belaya airbase, 1 Jun 2025 [23] [24]
AWACS
Beriev A-50	USSR	AWACS	A-50/U	12 [4]	7 modernized to A-50U [25] [26] 1x A-50 damaged by BYPOL in Belarus, 26 Feb 2023 [27] 2x A-50 shot down by Ukraine air defense, 14 Jan 2024 and 23 Feb 2024 [28] 1x A-50 damaged by Ukraine SBU attack on Ivanovo airbase, 1 Jun 2025 [29] [30] [31]
Ilyushin Il-80	USSR	command and control		3 [4]
Ilyushin Il-76	USSR	command and control	Il-82	1 [4]
Ilyushin Il-18V	USSR	command and control	Il-18/20/22/M	15 [4]
Electronic Warfare
Antonov An-12	USSR	radar jamming	An-12PP	4 [4]
Ilyushin Il-22	USSR	radar jamming	Il-22PP	3 [32]
Reconnaissance
Antonov An-30	USSR	reconnaissance		16 [4]
Ilyushin Il-20	USSR	SIGINT / ELINT	Il-20/M	12 [33]
Tupolev Tu-214	Russia	reconnaissance	Tu-214ON/PU-SBUS	4 [34] [35]
Tupolev Tu-214R	Russia	SIGINT / ELINT	Tu-214R	2 [36]
Tanker
Ilyushin Il-78	USSR	air refueling	Il-78/M	19 [4]	10+21 on order, 1 modernized to Il-78M2
Transport
Antonov An-12	USSR	transport	An-12B/BK	55 [4]
Antonov An-22	USSR	transport	An-22A	4 [4]
Antonov An-26	USSR	transport		115 [4]
Antonov An-72	USSR	transport	An-72/P	31 [4]
Antonov An-124	USSR	strategic airlifter	An-124-100	5 [4]
Antonov An-140	Ukraine/Russia	transport	An-140-100	3 [4]
Antonov An-148	Ukraine/Russia	VIP transport	An-148-100E	15 [4]
Ilyushin Il-18	USSR	transport	Il-18D/V	3 [4]
Ilyushin Il-62	USSR/Russia	VIP transport	Il-62M	7 [37]
Ilyushin Il-76	USSR/Russia	strategic airlifter	Il-76M/MD/MD-M/MD-90A	130 [4]	7 on order
Let L-410 Turbolet	Czechoslovakia	transport		53 [4]	2 on order
Tupolev Tu-134	USSR	transport		6 [4]
Tupolev Tu-154	USSR	transport	Tu-154B-2/M	3 [4]
Helicopter
Eurocopter AS350 / AS355	France	utility		2 [4]
Kazan Ansat	Russia	utility	Ansat-U	50 [4]
Kamov Ka-27	USSR	attack		6 [4]
Kamov Ka-52	Russia	attack		135 [4]	16+25 on order
Kamov Ka-226	Russia	utility		36 [4]
Mil Mi-8 / Mi-17	USSR/Russia	attack / transport		777 [4]	10 on order
Mil Mi-24	USSR/Russia	attack / transport		323 [4]
Mil Mi-26	USSR/Russia	transport	Mi-26/T	45 [4]	15 on order
Mil Mi-28	Russia	attack	Mi-28N/NM	94 [4]	98 on order
Mil Mi-38	Russia	transport	Mi-38T	2 [4]	2 on order
Trainer
Aero L-39 Albatros	Czechoslovakia	trainer		182 [4]
Diamond DA42	Austria	trainer		34 [4]
Mil Mi-2	Polish People's Republic	trainer		43 [4]
Mi-28UB	Russia	trainer / attack	Mi-28UB	19 [4]	4+36 on order
Tu-134UBL	USSR	trainer	Tu-134UBL	37 [4]	Tu-160 trainer
Yakovlev Yak-130	Russia	trainer / attack		123 [4]	14 on order
Yakovlev Yak-152	Russia	trainer			150 on order [38]

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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