| VIETNAM
Sukhoi Su-27SK, Su-27UBK, Su-30MK2
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Data update: |
January 2018
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Country / user: |
Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Việt Nam = Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Phông Không - Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam = Vietnam Air and Air Defense Force (Vietnam People's Air Force)
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In service: |
since 1995 Su-27SK and Su-27UBK
since 2004 Su-30MK2
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Operational:
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End of the 2011:
up to 6 x Su-27SK
up to 5 x Su-27UBK
24 x Su-30MK2
2017:
up to 6 x Su-27SK
up to 5 x Su-27UBK
35 x Su-30MK2 (one lost in 2016)
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Manufacturer: |
Su-27SK and Su-30MK2 by KnAAPO (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association), Su-30MK2 by KnAZ (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Factory)
Su-27UBK by IAPO (Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association)
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Contracts / Deliveries / Bort numbers |
1995 and 1997 contracts (fulfilled)
| 2003 contract 4 x Su-30MK2 (fulfilled)
| 01.2009 contract 8 x Su-30MK2 (fulfilled)
| 02.2010 contract 12 x Su-30MK2 (fulfilled)
| 08.2013 contract 12 x Su-30MK2 (fulfilled)
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1995-1997
| 11.2004
| 2010-2011
| 12.2011-11.2012
| 12.2014-2016
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7 x Su-27SK: 6001 6002 6003 6004 6005 6006 6007*
5 x Su-27UBK: 8521 8522** 8523 8524** 8525 8526 8527 blue camouflage
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4 x Su-30MK2: 8531 8532 8533 8534 blue camouflage
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8 x Su-30MK2: 8535 8536 8537 8538 8539 8540 8541 8542 blue camouflage
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12 x Su-30MK2: 8571 8572 8573 8574 8575 8576 8577 8578 8579 8580 8581 8582 green-brown camouflage
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12 x Su-30MK2:
8583 (11.2014) 8584 (11.2014) 8585 (12.2014) 8586 (12.2014) 8587 (07.2015) 8588 (07.2015) 8589 (12.2015) 8590 (12.2015) 8591 (02.2016) 8592 (02.2016) 8593 (...2016) 8594 (...2016)
green-brown camouflage
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Units: |
935th Fighter Air Regiment, Biên Hòa AB
923rd Fighter Air Regiment, Shaobang AB
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Remarks: |
- ** 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.
- 28 February 2012: Su-30MK2 produced by KnAAPO for Vietnam crashed in Russia during trials before delivery; pilots from Russian MoD survived.
- Many Vietnamese photos are manipulated or with false numbers. Two real aircrafts wear fake numbers, probably on the occasion of visits abroad: 8555 (blue camouflage, in the year 2011, probably it's 8531) 8588 (green-brown, 2013).
Sukhoi Su-27UBK, 2006.
Sukhoi Su-30MK2, 2006.
First Sukhoi Su-30MK2 in green-brown camouflage was delivered in December 2011. All aircrafts delivered later are too in green-brown camouflage, similar to Ugandan (colours) and Indonesian (shapes) Sukhois.
Sukhoi Su-27SK overhauled in July 2012. Drawing in partially schematic (top), due to lack of photos.
Since 2016 Vietnam can maintenance and overhaul Su-27 and Su-30 by itself, in Da Nang Factory A32 (Workshop 6). Su-27UBK no. 8526 were overhauled between 2016 and 2016 and were painted in green-brown camouflage like Su-30.
In June 2016 Su-30 #8585 crashed into sea, one pilot died. During search and rescue operation crashed CASA airfrrats - nine people lost.
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