Aerospace Forces (SCC) The Russian Federation has been replenished with new aircraft, which the United Aircraft Corporation transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
We are talking about Su-30SM2 fighters and Yak-130 combat training aircraft. The corporation's website states:, that the Irkutsk Aviation Plant is engaged in the production of aircraft, part of the United Aircraft Corporation. The exact number of aircraft transferred is not reported.
Aviation equipment passed the necessary ground and flight tests and went to the place of duty- the corporation said in a statement.
According to the general director of the corporation Yuri Slyusar, their enterprises fulfill contracts on time and have already started producing aircraft, scheduled for 2024 year.
Su-30SM2 fighters are a modernized version of the Su-30SM, which everyone according to the program wants to upgrade to 2027 of the year. According to some reports, at 2021 year, the Russian Aerospace Forces had up to 130 Su-30SM.
The United Aircraft Corporation noted, that advanced fighters can hit airborne, land and sea objects at a distance of several hundred kilometers.
Regarding the Yak-130 combat training aircraft, then it should become the base aircraft for training Russian Aerospace Forces pilots to use combat aircraft of the “4+” and “5” generation. used photos:Wikipedia/Vitaly V. Kuzmin
