Angola has taken delivery of all 12 Su-30Ks

Angola has taken delivery of all 12 Su-30Ks, aircraft upgraded to SM standard.
All 12 Su-30K fighters ordered by Angola has been delivered by the 558th Aviation Repair Plant of Belarus. The aircraft were modified to the Su-30SM standard and can fired the RVV-AE (AA-12) air-to-air missile.
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Serbia receives four MiG-29 fighter jets from Belarus

Serbia’s army has received four MiG-29 fighter jets from Belarus. Serbia is currently operating 14 MiG-29.Six MiG-29 fighter jets reached Serbia in October 2017. Now the warplanes are to be modernized in three stages. The country plans to spend a sum from 180 million to 230 million euro for these purposes. Along with MiG-29 fighter jets, Russia’s assistance to Serbia will include 30 T-72 tanks and 30 BRDM-2 combat patrol vehicles.
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Serbia to buy S-300 missile systems, MiG-29 jets from Belarus

The Serbian Ministry of Defenee is planning to purchase S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems and seven Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets from Belarus.
The deals are to be signed this November during an official visit by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to Minsk where he will meet with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, a Serbian government source told local daily Tanjug.
The unnamed official said that “the offer that is on the table and which will be announced in November is much more favorable than the one that we obtained from Moscow.”
The value of the planned deal was not disclosed.
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Belarus Preps Angolan SU-30 Aircraft to Depart

A review of satellite imagery shows some new developments at the 558th Aircraft Repair Plant in Baranovichi. Co-located at the 61st Fighter Airbase, the Belarusian-based Plant overhauled two former Indian Su-30K Flanker attack aircraft, imagery from August and September 2017 suggests.
According to domestic sources, the two aircraft will be upgraded to the “KN” standard before making their way to Angola and into the service of National Air Force of Angola (FANA). The camo pattern of the observed aircraft matches previous handhelds of FANA’s Su-27.
In total, the southern Africa country is expected to receive up to 12 Su-30KN fighters by early 2018, Aleksandr Vorobei, the CEO of the 558th Aviation Repair Plant, told Sputnik on 19 September 2017.
However, reports from July suggest Angola may acquire all 18 of the former Indian fighters. Luanda reportedly remains in negotiation with Russia’s Irkut Corporation, which still owns the aircraft parked at Baranovichi.
At present, imagery of the repair plant shows at least 7 remaining SU-30K parked near the drive-through maintenance hangar, suggesting that Angola’s work order is well underway and that the additional aircraft are in fact available.
While some sources (here and here) reported that Angola has taken delivery, imagery suggests that the first batch had yet to depart the repair plant by late September.
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Belarus To Acquire Su-30SM Fighters

Belarus has signed a preliminary deal with Russian state-owned aircraft maker Irkut to purchase new Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets for the country’s Air Force. The new aircraft will replace the outdated Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters that have been operating for about 30 years.
The amount of the fighter jets, which are to be acquired, was not disclosed.
defensenews

Belarus orders more Yak-130 aircraft

Belarus has ordered new combat aircraft from Russia.
The country has signed two contracts for four Yakolev Yak-130 'Mitten' trainer/strike aircraft and confirmed than an order for 12 Mil Mi-8MTV-5 'Hip' helicopters had been signed in June.
The order for four Yak-130s will bring the country's total to eight aircraft, following the delivery of four Yak-130s ordered in 2012 to Belarus in April. .
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Two Yak-130s delivered to Belarus

Irkut has delivered the first two of four Yak-130s to Belarus. The first jet arrived on Apr. 16 on board an Il76.
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Bangladesh and Belarus to get Yak-130 in 2015

Russia will supply 14 Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer aircraft to Bangladesh in 2015, with two more to follow next year.
Bangladesh had originally planned to acquire 24 such aircraft, but this was curtailed for financial reasons.
Bangladesh has become the second export customer for the Yak-130, after Algeria procured 16 aircraft in 2011.
Belarus too would receive four Yak-130s, following a contract that was signed in late 2012. Irkut is also negotiating with Armenia and Uzbekistan about YAK-130.
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Belarus to get four Yak-130 aircraft in April

Belarus will get four combat and training aircraft Yak-130 in April from Irkut Corporation.
The contract on buying these aircraft was signed in late 2012. Belarus is the first CIS country to buy Yak-130.
Irkut also will supply four jet fighters Su-30SM to Kazakhstan.
belta

Russia to station additional SU-27 combat aircraft in Belarus

Russia is to permanently deploy an additional eight Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker' fighters to Belarus, as relations with the West remain tense.
The eight Su-27s will join the four already based at Baranovichi Air Base, near the Belarus borders with Lithuania and Poland.
Russia deployed its first Su-27 fighters to Belarus in late 2013, and had deployed six Su-27 fighters, as well as transport and airborne early warning and control aircraft, to this location in the immediate aftermath of the annexation of Crimea in March. It had, however, since reduced the number of 'Flankers' permanently stationed there to four.
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Russia To Bolster Air Defense in Belarus With S-300 Systems

Russia has ordered four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to be supplied to Belarus to develop and increase the combat potential of the unified regional air defense system.
The latest procurement follows increased efforts by neighboring Poland to upgrade its anti-missile and air defense system. The Polish Ministry of Defense, which is carrying out a tender to buy new middle-range missile systems, said June 30 it had shortlisted two bids by Raytheon, with Patriot interceptors, and France’s Eurosam consortium by MBDA and Thales, with its SAMP/T system.
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Iraq have bought Sukhoi Jets from Russia and Belarus

Iraqi Presiden said that Iraq had bought a number of used Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia and Belarus. He said the aircraft could be flying missions in Iraq "within a few days".
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the crisis with Mr Maliki by phone last Friday, the Kremlin reported on its website at the time.
Russia has confirmed his full support for the government's efforts to rid Iraqi territory of "terrorists", they said, without giving details.
bbc

United Kingdom offers Typhoons for Baltic Air Policing Mission

The UK has offered to deploy a number of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to Lithuania to bolster the NATO-led Baltic Air Policing Mission.
RAF Typhoons would be made available to bolster the Polish detachment at Siauliai Air Base from April. It is likely that four aircraft would be deployed to match the four MiG-29 of the Polish Air Force.
The UK has contributed aircraft to the Baltic Air Policing Mission on one other occasion, with Tornado F.3 fighters in 2004, and this is the first time that it has offered to bolster another nation's detachment.
The offer was made as regional tensions continue to rise following the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian region of Crimea
UK's offer is the latest in a series of aircraft movements by both the West and Russia that are designed to send signals of intent rather than to boost actual regional combat capabilities.
The US Air Force has already bolstered its current Baltic Air Policing detachment of four Boeing F-15C Eagles with a further six aircraft, and has sent 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 to Poland. NATO and the UK have also dispatched Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning And Control Systems (AWACS) aircraft to patrol Eastern European airspace. For its part, Russia has sent six Su-27 'Flanker' fighters and a Beriev A-50 'Mainstay' airborne early warning aircraft to Belarus, and on 17 March Russia's Air Force Commander announced that 24 Su-27 fighters would be located at Baranovichi Air Base in Belarus by the end of the year.
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24 Russian Su-27SM3 to be deployed in Belarus by end of 2014

By the yearend, the Russian aviation base permanently located at Belarus, will accommodate a fighter air regiment of 24 Su-27SM3. The fighters will be used for air defense and to provide inviolability of the air space of Russia and Belarus.
Russia has four Su-27SM3 jets right now in Belarus.
Press service of the Belarusian defense ministry said Russia’s A-50 AEW would go to Belarus to participate in the second stage of checking the Belarus-Russia united regional air defense system.
itar-tass

Russia redeploys early warning jet to Belarus

Russia on Saturday redeployed a Beriev A-50 early warning aircraft to Belarus as part of a Belarusian-Russian air defense exercise.
voiceofrussia

Russian deploys 6 Su-27 Flanker armed with Live missiles in Belarus

Russia has deployed six Sukhoi-27 Flankers and three support transport planes to Belarus, followingPresident Aleksandr Lukashenko’s request for help against potential NATO threat.
The Su-27s were spotted carrying live missiles in Russia’s standard peacetime QRA.
The deployment is said to be a response to NATO, that is deploying U.S. F-16 to Poland, and E-3 AWACS to Poland and Romania, in anticipation of the referendum on Mar. 16 that will decide whether Crimea will join Russia.
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Angola getting 12, not 18 Su-30 fighters

The Angolan Air Force will receive 12 ex-Indian Su-30 fighter jets from Rosoboronexport and not 18 as was previously reported, with deliveries scheduled to take place from next year.
In October last year it was reported that Angola had purchased 18 former Indian Air Force Su-30Ks. The Su-30s Angola will reportedly receive were offered to a number of other countries, including Belarus, Ethiopia, Vietnam and Sudan. Early last year, Russia was in discussions with Ethiopia to procure the aircraft, as Ethiopia already operates the Su-27, but this seems to have fallen through.
The Indian Air Force has ordered more than 200 Su-30MKIs in a number of batches. The early models delivered were basic aircraft without features like canards and thrust vector controls, and it is these 18 early model aircraft (ten Su-30MK and eight Su-30K fighters delivered between May 1997 and December 1999) that were returned to Russia and replaced with more advanced Su-30MKIs.
India had intended to upgrade these early aircraft but instead used them as part-exchange for new aircraft. They were retired in 2006 and sent to Repair Plant in Belarus in 2011. They remain still there.
The remaining six of the 18 ex-Indian Flankers will be sold to another country with a firm contract for them to be signed soon.
The Angolan Air Force currently flies around half a dozen Su-27s, out of 18 originally delivered. It also has other Sukhoi aircraft in its inventory, the Su-22 and Su-24.
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Belarus ready to redesign decommissioned Su-27

The Belarusian military industrial complex is ready to redesign the Su-27 aircrafts which have been decommissioned.
It is possible to equip these fighter planes with advanced avionics and up-to-date weapons and protection equipment. As far as weapons are concerned, they will be of both air-to-air and air-to-surface classes.
The Belarusian head of state had earlier suggested modernizing Su-27, and the Defense Ministry made a decision pursuant to this suggestion.
In August 2013 Defense Minister told media that Su-27 had been withdrawn from service in Belarus. .”
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Russia sending advanced air defense systems to Kazakhstan

Russia is delivering S-300 advanced air defense systems to Kazakhstan.
Russia is trying to increase Russia's influence over former Soviet Union countries with a series of political, trade and security initiatives that aim to tighten cooperation among the states.
This move attempts to boost the capabilities of a post-Soviet security bloc, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), which combines Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
Five divisions of S-300 will be delivered from the surplus of the Russian Defence Ministry. A division is usually made up of 12 rocket systems.
Russia said last year it was sending four S-300 divisions to Belarus.
The CSTO has faced criticism for its lack of activity since its inception in 1992.
Uzbekistan signed the original CSTO treaty but said last year it was suspending its membership in the bloc.
Russia signed a contract with Syria in 2011 to send four S-300 units to the war-torn country. A military source said last year that some parts had likely been delivered but had not been sent in full.
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Russia Deploys First Fighter Jets to Belarus

Russia has deployed the first four Su-27SM3 fighter jets to Belarus.
Earlier this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans to step up its military presence in Belarus by establishing an air base in the country..
The aircraft are a modernized variant of the Su-27, fitted with new engines, missiles and a glass cockpit.
Under the plan, further Russian jet fighters are to be deployed to the air base by 2015.
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