Скачать или смотреть Kazakh Air Force received six advanced Su-30SM fighter jets, replacing MiG-29s sold as scrap

Recently the Kazakhstan Air Force (Kazakh Air Defense Forces) received six additional new Su-30SM fighter jets from Russia. The planes have registration numbers 51 to 56 red.

This two-seat multirole fighter was delivered to unit 55652 to operate alongside Su-25s at 602 Air Base, Shymkent.

As is known, this base used to house the last fifteen MiG-29s belonging to the Kazakh Air Force, but the aircraft were sold as scrap in November 2023.

They are currently reinforced with heavy fighter jets consisting of 24 Su-27s, 43 Su-30SMs and 31 MiG-31s.

For ground attack aircraft (CAS), the Kazakh Air Force operates 14 Su-25s.

It was reported in April 2024 that the US had acquired 81 obsolete Soviet era fighter aircraft from Kazakhstan. Including the MiG-31, MiG-27, and MiG-29, as well as the Su-24 for 2.26 million US dollars.