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Izvestia reports that the VKS will stand up 3 two-squadron fighter regiments with 24 Su-57 each, and another 4 at the 4th Combat Training Center in Lipetsk. The 3 Su-57 regiments will likely be located in the main strategic areas: the NW, SW, and Far East.
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Last month, Izvestia reported that the first operational Su-57 would be delivered to the Southern Military District in either the 3rd Mixed Aviation Regiment at Krymsk Airbase in Krasnodar or the 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment at Belbek Airfield in Crimea. 2/
Dmitri Boltenkov believes the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 303rd Mixed Aviation Division at the Dzyomgi Airfield in Khabarovsk will receive some of the first fighters because it is located near the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAZ), which builds the Su-57. 3/
This is a common decision by the MoD. The 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was the first VKS unit to receive the Su-35S, and the 120th Mixed Aviation Regiment received the first Su-30SM (it is located near Irkutsk). 4/
Lieutenant General Valery Gorbenko said only the best pilots would be assigned to fly the Su-57, and the fighters would be adopted gradually. They would first go to the Chkalov State Flight Test Center for tests and their pilots' first flights before arriving at their unit. 5/
