Let us hope it is SU-30SME or one of the Euro-canards.
Let us pray it is in that case.
A squadron of these with the 8 Mig-29s should at least give some kind of parity with the MAF.
Production of Su-30s in Russia will end in 2022 since Irkut will focus on MC-21 airliners from then. It looks like unless a deal has been signed already, there are very slim chances of BAF acquiring Su-30s as Russia itself has a large order of Su-30SM along with the additional order from Myanmar which will sufficiently keep Irkut quite busy. I also believe Myanmar's deal might have provisions of additional aircrafts to the first batch of 6.
In this situation, acquirng anything below Su-35 will be seriously disappointing.
The admin says that something “big” is coming up.
He believes that it will definitely surprise us.
Kept mentioning the element of surprise.
He also said BAF won't purchase any aircraft before the election and according to him, Russia won't supply anything if the government changes. If that's really the case, I don't think Russia is a reliable supplier either.