VIETNAM

Sukhoi Su-27SK, Su-27UBK, Su-30MK2

Data update:

January 2018

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)

In service:

since 1995 Su-27SK and Su-27UBK
since 2004 Su-30MK2

Operational:

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)

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)

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)
1995-1997 11.2004 2010-2011 12.2011-11.2012 12.2014-2016
7 x Su-27SK:
6001
6002
6003
6004
6005
6006
6007
*
5 x Su-27UBK:
8521
8522**
8523
8524**
8525
8526
8527

blue camouflage
4 x Su-30MK2:
8531
8532
8533
8534

blue camouflage
8 x Su-30MK2:
8535
8536
8537
8538
8539
8540
8541
8542

blue camouflage
12 x Su-30MK2:
8571
8572
8573
8574
8575
8576
8577
8578
8579
8580
8581
8582

green-brown camouflage
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

Units:

935th Fighter Air Regiment, Biên Hòa AB
923rd Fighter Air Regiment, Shaobang AB

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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