Thread on Russian Air Force/Naval Aviation fighter/tactical bomber aircraft deliveries in 2020 from BMPD. The Russian Armed Forces only received 23 such aircraft in 2020, down significantly from its peak of 101 in 2014 as part of GPV-2020. bmpd.livejournal.com/4240466.html
The VKS received its first production model Su-57 (blue 01, T-50S-2, serial 51002) fighter at the end of 2020 to GLITs(formally inducted in 2021). The 1st was supposed to be delivered in 2019 but crashed on Dec 24 2019. The contract for the 1st 2 Su-57 was signed at Army 2018. 2/
The Russian Air Force received 4 Su-34 attack aircraft in 2020 from the Chkalov Novosibirsk Aviation Plant. Red 14 and 09 were delivered to the 47th and 968th Composite Aviation Regiments, respectively. These were the last two Su-34 from the 2012 contract for 92 aircraft. 3/
The VKS received two more Su-34 aircraft in November and December (red 12 and 19), which were delivered to the 968th Composite Aviation Regiment. These two were apparently an addition to the 92 in the 2012 contract. 4/
In total, NAZ has built 138 Su-34 including 7 prototypes/pre-production aircraft. Of the other 131, 2 were lost in a collision on January 18, 2019, and four more were written off. Su-34 are in service with the 2nd, 47th, 277th, and 559 Composite/Bomber Aviation Regiments. 5/
The Russian MoD signed a 3-year contract in August 2020 for another 24 Su-34. The first two aircraft under this contract were built by the end of 2020, but have not yet been transferred to the Russian Air Force. 6/
KnAAZ delivered the final 10 Su-35S fighters from the 5-year contract signed in December 2015 for 50 fighters. The 1st 4 (blue 54-57) in 2020 were delivered to the Russian Knights aerial team, who now have 8 Su-35S fighters (blue 50-57). 7/
Another 3 Su-35S were delivered to the 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment in July in Tver, which now has 15 Su-35S. One was delivered to the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment and two (red 08 and 11) to the 4th GTs PAP VI training center in Lipetsk. 8/
Along with the 2009 contract for 48 Su-35S, the VKS has received 98 production Su-35S fighters in total (one has been decommissioned). The MoD signed a contract for 30 more Su-35 in Aug 2020 from 2021-2024. The first 5 are expected this year. 9/
1 two-seat MiG-35UB (blue 12) and 3 single-seat MiG-35S (blue 14-16) fighters were delivered this year. These were from a 2018 contract for 6 "serial" MiG-35 fighters from the Voronin Lukhovitsy Aviation Plant (LAZ). 2 pre-production MiG-35 were delivered last year. 10/
The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ) delivered 4 Yak-130 (red 01-04) training aircraft to the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School in 2020. Since 2009, the VKS has received 113 Yak-130 (12 from the Sokol Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Building Plant and 101 from IAZ). 11/
OAK signed contracts with the MoD in August 2020 for 21 Su-30SM2 fighters for the Russia's Naval Aviation and 25 Yak-130 for the VKS from 2021-2025 aircraft, which will be built by IAZ. 12/
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The authorities in Moscow appear to have begun fencing off Pushkinskaya Square where the Moscow portion of the protest is supposed to occur later today. 3/
2021 Russian arms export thread. Belarusian Major-General Igor Golub said that Belarus signed contracts with Russia for Mi-35M helicopters and a 2nd batch of Su-30SM fighters. He said they also planned on procuring S-400 and Pantsir-S air defense systems. eng.belta.by/society/view/a…
Belarus's Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin said in November that Belarus planned on purchasing four Su-30SM and four Mi-35M in 2021. 2/ militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=…
RSOTM’s list of Russian SOF killed in Syria this year:
February: 4 officers from the FSB Special Purpose Center’s Directorates S and K
June: one FSB Special Purpose Center Vympel officer
July: one SSO Senezh specialist
November: 2 SSO Senezh specialists. t.me/grey_zone/6911
The four FSB Special Purpose Center S and K officers (two sniper teams) killed on February 1st, reportedly in Aleppo. 2/
It strikes me as fairly problematic that a psychological operations officer led 100 people to that rally/riot. apnews.com/article/electi…
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. was arrested with a Tavor X95 rifle (pictured with a drum) and a Glock 19. He texted friends “Headed to DC with a (s—-) ton of 5.56 armor-piercing ammo,” “Thinking about...putting a bullet in her [Pelosi] noggin on Live TV.” wsbtv.com/news/politics/…
Captain Rainey also apparently wrote an article for SOFREP in June titled, "Do's and Don'ts for being a Republican or Democrat in the military."
(h/t @riderjr) sofrep.com/news/dos-and-d…
Thread: Deputy Defense Minister for Armaments, Alexey Krivoruchko, gave his annual end of the year interview summarizing the year's arms deliveries. He said 2020's state defense order (GOZ) was fulfilled at 99.8%. redstar.ru/oruzhie-rossii…
In 2020 the Russian MoD received 2.7k weapons and 52.5k pieces of support equipment. This includes 147 aircraft, including the 1st UCAVs, the Orion (Inokhodets) and Forpost (Forpost-M); 7 warships; 2 submarines; >1.5k armored vehicles; >300 artillery/MLRS; and >150 AD systems. 2/
Krivoruchko mentioned the Advanced Financing Program that Putin approved this year, which is designed to reduce the delivery time for weapons and prevent cost increases. He said the program is being used for blue water ships, aviation, PGMs, and arms for general-purpose forces.3/
The lead Project 20385 corvette, the Gremyashchiy, was commissioned into the Russian Navy today at Severnaya Verf. It will join the Pacific Fleet. t.me/zvezdanews/377…