Russian Air Force to receive first Su-35 by year end

[Lankan Ranger]

Russian Air Force to receive first Su-35 by year end

The Russian Defense Ministry will receive its first Su-35 fighter plane by the end of the year, Russia's Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau said on Monday.

The first modernized Su-35 was presented at the 2007 MAKS air show outside Moscow. The Russian Defense Ministry signed a deal with Sukhoi on the purchase of 48 modernized Su-35 jets in 2009.
Sukhoi is also holding talks with customers in South-East Asia, the Middle East and South America on Su-35 sales.

The Su-35 Flanker-E, a modification of the Su-27, is a heavy class, long-range, multi-role fighter, whose technical characteristics can be compared with those of fifth-generation jets.

Russian Air Force to receive first Su-35 by yearend - Sukhoi | Defense | RIA Novosti

 

[MAFIAN GOD]

A NICE AIRCRAFT INDEED. HOW MANY OF THESE RUSSIA IS GOING TO INDUCT?

 

[no_name]

If you are interested in making Su-35 paper models can find the template here:

MAME CRAFT - Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker

Other aircrafts also available:

http://genius.x0.com/pmdirectory/mamecraft/

 

[K^se]

A NICE AIRCRAFT INDEED. HOW MANY OF THESE RUSSIA IS GOING TO INDUCT?

Russian air force at this point ordered 48 Aircrafts each plane costs about 45-65 million a piece. Venezuela is the other country who's purchasing the about 24 Su-35S the export version by the end of 2010. I really don't know how many Aircrafts they can purchase into their inventory, but 4th generation fighter jets will be obsolete in 5-10 years. So they should try to invest as much as possible to procure as many PAK-FA jets they can..

 

[SBD-3]

this is something that makes me nervous, if PAK-FA has a good prospect and its tag is somewhere in 80 Million (As per Putin and Sukhoi) then why not to go for that Platform. I mean Russian AF going for SU-30M2 and SU-35 instead of having a uniform fleet of PAK-FA fighter?.....ptdm can you help me with this confusion

 

[SpArK]

this is something that makes me nervous, if PAK-FA has a good prospect and its tag is somewhere in 80 Million (As per Putin and Sukhoi) then why not to go for that Platform. I mean Russian AF going for SU-30M2 and SU-35 instead of having a uniform fleet of PAK-FA fighter?.....ptdm can you help me with this confusion

US has ordered F-18s inspite of raptors and F-35s .. so different fighters different roles , probably.

 

[PERSIAN]

Russia cannot compete with the usa in money america is much richer than russia. they cant order many t-50 so they rathe otherr other fighter like su-35 which are cheaper.

 

[Archie]

this is something that makes me nervous, if PAK-FA has a good prospect and its tag is somewhere in 80 Million (As per Putin and Sukhoi) then why not to go for that Platform. I mean Russian AF going for SU-30M2 and SU-35 instead of having a uniform fleet of PAK-FA fighter?.....ptdm can you help me with this confusion

Well Russians have a fleet of 200 + Su 25 which like the mig 27 of India are in dire need of replacement , While Pakfa will enter Russian Service in 2016 with the RuAF
Russians have committed to Purchase 430 Pakfa Between 2016-30, now these guys want to mentain a fleet of 1100 Fighter/bomber Aircrafts so all of them cannot be PAKFA Which will cost 100 Million USD each if u include the development cost

By the way russians are also buying 48 Su34 Ground attack aircraft and 25 Mig35 mrca

 

[Gold1010]

gotta love russian weaponry it will be good when russia becomes a richer country again.it will benefit human kind.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

gotta love russian weaponry it will be good when russia becomes a richer country again.it will benefit human kind.

They are rich,but not in terms of Human capital.

 

[ptldM3]

Russia cannot compete with the usa in money america is much richer than russia. they cant order many t-50 so they rathe otherr other fighter like su-35 which are cheaper.

Still mad over the S-300 deal, don't answer I have read enough of your post to know the answer.


The clarify things, we can order many T-50's, approximately 250 of them which is 'many'. Moreover, the SU-35 is not cheap and it meant to be an upgrade/replacement until the pak-fa is introduced, and even when the pak-fa comes into service the SU-35 as well as other legacy fighters will still make up a large bulk of the air force, similar with how US legacy fighters will make up a large portion of the US air force.

Please continue with your Russia sucks mentality, it's quite amuzing

 

[SBD-3]

Still mad over the S-300 deal, don't answer I have read enough of your post to know the answer.


The clarify things, we can order many T-50's, approximately 250 of them which is 'many'. Moreover, the SU-35 is not cheap and it meant to be an upgrade/replacement until the pak-fa is introduced, and even when the pak-fa comes into service the SU-35 as well as other legacy fighters will still make up a large bulk of the air force, similar with how US legacy fighters will make up a large portion of the US air force.

Please continue with your Russia sucks mentality, it's quite amuzing

But F-35 will not delay untill 2017, I suspect we will start witnessing induction around Q4 2012 or Q12013 onwards.and by time 2017 and 2020 most of the early 4th gen models would have been replaced by F-35s so legacy 4th gen fighters will be being retired with every passing month.

 

[ViXuyen]

I think it will be 7-8 years from now before PAK FA is being finished for the Russian Airforce. Meanwhile, everyone else will wait for the PAK FA and not going to order anymore SU-30. I think in that time gap of around 15 years before PAK FA is in any non-Russian airforce, SU-35BM will be offered but Russia can't convince people that SU-35BM is really that much better than Su-30 unless its Russian Airforce has to fly this bird. I think it's very hard to convince people that Mig35 and SU-35BM are great aircraft but your own airforce don't even use them; hence I see the reason why the need for Russian airforce to buy SU-35BM

 

[ptldM3]

But F-35 will not delay untill 2017, I suspect we will start witnessing induction around Q4 2012 or Q12013 onwards.and by time 2017 and 2020 most of the early 4th gen models would have been replaced by F-35s so legacy 4th gen fighters will be being retired with every passing month.

Most early fourth generation aircraft would be retiring, but derivatives of fourth generation aircraft will, in fact, also be entering service around the time theF-35 is fully operational.

Here is what Boeing has to say:

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/fa18ef/docs/EF_overview.pdf

On Sept. 28, 2010, the U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a new F/A-18E/F and EA-18G multiyear
contract for 124 aircraft that will be delivered from 2012-2015. The contract
includes 66 Super Hornets and 58 Growlers.

I think it will be 7-8 years from now before PAK FA is being finished for the Russian Airforce. Meanwhile, everyone else will wait for the PAK FA and not going to order anymore SU-30.

I disagree, there has been very recent contracts and deliveries of the SU-30 and many countries are showing interests in more. And there was news that Venezuela ordered SU-35's. The Sukhoi series is no different to the Typhoon, F-16, or Grippen in terms of orders, by that I mean countries continue to place orders. Also just like I pointed out above even if 'stealth' aircraft are available countries will continue to order upgraded versions of '4th generation' aircraft, by this I’m talking about the US and the F-18 Super hornet.

I think in that time gap of around 15 years before PAK FA is in any non-Russian airforce, SU-35BM will be offered but Russia can't convince people that SU-35BM is really that much better than Su-30 unless its Russian Airforce has to fly this bird. I think it's very hard to convince people that Mig35 and SU-35BM are great aircraft but your own airforce don't even use them; hence I see the reason why the need for Russian airforce to buy SU-35BM

Looking at the avionics, performance, RCS reduction, reliability, and service life it's clear that the SU-35 is superior to the SU-30, and the reason why the Russian airforce does not operate either aircraft is because both aircraft are under development, of course the RAF is receiving the first SU-35 this year.

 

[DesiGuy]

su-35 made to counter f35 or f22???