VIETNAM
Sukhoi Su-27SK, Su-27UBK, Su-30MK2
December 2012
Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam = Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Phông Không - Không Quân Nhân Dân Viet Nam = Vietnam Air and Air Defense Force (Vietnam People's Air Force)
since 1995 Su-27SK and Su-27UBK
since 2004 Su-30MK2
Operational:
End of the 2011:
7 x Su-27SK
5 x Su-27UBK
23 x Su-30MK2*
* When contract from 2010 will be fulfilled, total account of Su-30MK2 will be 24 in the end of the year 2012.
Su-27SK and Su-30MK2 by KnAAPO (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association)
Su-27UBK by IAPO (Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association)
February 2010: 12 x Su-30MK2, deliveries 2011-2012
| 1995-1997: | 11.2004: | 2009-2010: | 06.2011: | 12.2011: | 05.2012: | 2012 expected: |
| 7 x Su-27SK 5 x Su-27UBK 1995 and 1997 contracts fulfilled | 4 x Su-30MK2 2003 contract fulfilled | 8 x Su-30MK2 01.2009 contract fulfilled | 4 x Su-30MK2 02.2010 contract | 4 x Su-30MK2 02.2010 contract | 3 x Su-30MK2 02.2010 contract | 1 x Su-30MK2 02.2010 contract |
Thang Son AB @ Da Nang [???]
Su-27SK: 6001 6002 6003 6004 6005 6006 6007*
Su-27UBK: 8521 8522** 8523 8524** 8525 8526 8527
Su-30MK2: 8531 8532 8533 8534
Su-30MK2: 8535 8536 8537 8538 8539 8540 8541 8542
Su-30MK2: 8544 8548 8555 8571 8572 8573 8574 8576 8577 8579 8581 8588
There's more numbers than aircrafts, because many photos are manipulated, with false numbers.
- ** December 1997: During take-off from Irkutsk An-124 with two Su-27UBK on board (8522 and 8524) crashed into uptown killing 70 peoples. Two aircrafts Su-27UBK (not Su-27PU!!!) were delivered later, in 1998 (8526 and 8527).
- * 6007 destroyed in 1998 (no photo).
- Su-30MK2 (sometimes called Su-30MK2V) is based on chinese Su-30MK2, with minor upgrades.
- December 2011: Su-30MK2 (at least 8573) delivered in December 2011 are in green-brown camouflage, similar to Ugandan (colours) and Indonesian (shapes) Sukhois.
- 28 February 2012: Su-30MK2 produced by KnAAPO, probably for Vietnam, crashed during trials; pilots from Russian MoD survived.
- May 2012: Three Su-30MK2 delivered.
Sukhoi Su-27UBK, 2006.
Sukhoi Su-30MK2, 2006.
First Sukhoi Su-30MK2 in green-brown camouflage was delivered in December 2011 (#8573). Aircrafts delivered in 2011-2012 are too in green-brown camouflage: 8571, 8572, 8573, 8574, 8576, 8577, 8588.
