This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Russian Air Force as of 2024. It belongs under larger Russian Aerospace Forces branch, established on 1 August 2015 with merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Aircraft | |||||
| Sukhoi Su-57 | Russia | stealth multirole | 25+ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | 78 on order [9] [10] | |
| Sukhoi Su-35 | Russia | air superiority | Su-35S | 118+ [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] | A total of 30 on order. [20] 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 | 163+ [11] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] | 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+ | 91 Su-30SM and 19 Su-30M2 in service as of 2022 [11] [32] and new deliveries were conducted in late 2023 and mid 2024. [33] [34] 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 [35] [36] | [37] [38] |
| Mikoyan MiG-31 | USSR | interceptor / attack | MiG-31BM/BSM/K | 247 [39] | |
| Mikoyan MiG-29 | USSR/Russia | air superiority | MiG-29S/UB/SMT/UBT | 253 [40] | To be replaced by the MiG-35[ citation needed ] |
| Sukhoi Su-27 | USSR/Russia | air superiority | Su-27P/UB/SM/SM3 | <403 [40] | |
| Sukhoi Su-25 | USSR | attack | Su-25/UB/SM/SM3 | 163 | |
| Sukhoi Su-24 | USSR | attack | Su-24M/M2 | 261 | To be replaced by the Su-34[ citation needed ] |
| Tupolev Tu-95 | USSR | strategic bomber | Tu-95MS/MS16 | 42 [41] | |
| Tupolev Tu-22M | USSR | strategic bomber | Tu-22M3/M3M | 67 [41] | |
| Tupolev Tu-160 | USSR/Russia | strategic bomber | Tu-160/M | 17 [41] | 10 on order [42] |
| AWACS | |||||
| Beriev A-50 | USSR | AWACS | A-50/U | 15-19 [41] [43] | 7 modernized to A-50U [44] [45] |
| Ilyushin Il-22 | USSR | command and control | Il-22/M | 18 [46] | |
| Ilyushin Il-82 | USSR | command and control | 1 [41] | ||
| Ilyushin Il-80 | USSR | command and control | 3 [41] | ||
| Electronic Warfare | |||||
| Antonov An-12 | USSR | radar jamming | An-12PP | 4 [41] | |
| Ilyushin Il-22 | USSR | radar jamming | Il-22PP | 3 [47] | |
| Reconnaissance | |||||
| Antonov An-30 | USSR | reconnaissance | 15 [41] | ||
| Ilyushin Il-20 | USSR | SIGINT / ELINT | Il-20/M | 12 [48] | |
| Myasishchev M-55 | USSR | reconnaissance | 1[ citation needed ] | ||
| Tupolev Tu-214 | Russia | reconnaissance | Tu-214ON/PU-SBUS | 4 [49] [50] | |
| Tupolev Tu-214R | Russia | SIGINT / ELINT | Tu-214R | 2 [51] | |
| Tanker | |||||
| Ilyushin Il-78 | USSR | air refueling | Il-78/M | 19 [41] | 1 modernized to Il-78M2 |
| Transport | |||||
| Antonov An-12 | USSR | transport | An-12B/BK | 56 [41] | |
| Antonov An-22 | USSR | transport | An-22A | 5 [41] | |
| Antonov An-26 | USSR | transport | 113 [41] | ||
| Antonov An-72 | USSR | transport | An-72/P | 29 [41] | |
| Antonov An-124 | USSR | strategic airlifter | An-124-100 | 4 [41] | |
| Antonov An-140 | Ukraine/Russia | transport | An-140-100 | 5 [52] | |
| Antonov An-148 | Ukraine/Russia | VIP transport | An-148-100E | 15 [53] | |
| Ilyushin Il-18 | USSR | transport | Il-18D/V | 8 [54] | |
| Ilyushin Il-62 | USSR/Russia | VIP transport | Il-62M | 7 [55] | |
| Ilyushin Il-76 | USSR/Russia | strategic airlifter | Il-76M/MD/MD-M/MD-90A | 128 [40] | |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | Czechoslovakia | transport | 43 [41] | ||
| Tupolev Tu-134 | USSR | transport | 55 [56] | ||
| Tupolev Tu-154 | USSR | transport | Tu-154B-2/M | 19 [57] | |
| Helicopter | |||||
| Eurocopter AS350 / AS355 | France | utility | 5 [41] | ||
| Kazan Ansat | Russia | utility | Ansat-U | 50 [41] [58] | |
| Kamov Ka-27 | USSR | attack | 6 [41] | ||
| Kamov Ka-52 | Russia | attack | 196+[ citation needed ] | ||
| Kamov Ka-226 | Russia | utility | 36 [41] | ||
| Mil Mi-8 / Mi-17 | USSR/Russia | attack / transport | 746 [41] | ||
| Mil Mi-24 | USSR/Russia | attack / transport | 330 [41] | ||
| Mil Mi-26 | USSR/Russia | transport | Mi-26/T | 44 [41] | |
| Mil Mi-28 | Russia | attack | Mi-28N/NM | 126 [59] | |
| Mil Mi-38 | Russia | transport | Mi-38T | 2 [60] | |
| Trainer | |||||
| Aero L-39 Albatros | Czechoslovakia | trainer | 210 [41] | ||
| Diamond DA42T | Austria | trainer | 35 [11] | ||
| Mil Mi-2 | Polish People's Republic | trainer | 29 [41] | ||
| Mi-28UB | Russia | trainer / attack | Mi-28UB | 12 [41] | |
| Tu-134UBL | USSR | trainer | Tu-134UBL | 37 [41] | Tu-160 trainer |
| Yakovlev Yak-130 | Russia | trainer / attack | 110+ [41] [61] [62] [63] | ||
| Yakovlev Yak-152 | Russia | trainer | 150 on order [64] | ||
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