Equipment of the Ukrainian Air Force

Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

List of active Ukrainian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Figures are sourced from the latest annual editions of Flight International.

Aircraft

Current inventory

A Su-27 on take off from Belbek air base
An Aero L-39C Albatros on the taxi way
An Mi-8 helicopter on life off from the military training academy in Odessa
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
MiG-29 Russia multirole 21[1] Russian forces captured 45 aircraft during the Crimean crisis[2]
Sukhoi Su-24 Russia all weather attack 12[1]
Sukhoi Su-25 Russia attack / CAS 13[1]
Sukhoi Su-27 Russia multirole 18[1]
Reconnaissance
Antonov An-30 Ukraine surveillance 3[1]
Transport
Antonov An-26 Ukraine transport 22[1]
Antonov An-70 Ukraine transport 1[1]
Ilyushin Il-76 Russia heavy transport 5[1]
Tupolev Tu-134 Russia VIP 1[1]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8 Russia utility 16[1]
Trainer Aircraft
Aero L-39 Czech Republic trainer 40[1]
UAV
RQ-11 Raven United States surveillance RQ-11B 72[3]

Army Aviation

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8 Russia utility 37[1]
Mil Mi-24 Russia attack 34[1]
A Ukrainian Ka-27 lands aboard the USS Donald Cook during exercise Sea Breeze 2015
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Maritime patrol
Antonov An-148 Ukraine maritime patrol 1 on order[1]
Transport
Antonov An-26 Ukraine transport 2[1]
Beriev Be-12 Russia transport / SAR 2[1] amphibian aircraft
Helicopters
Mil Mi-14 Russia SAR / ASW 3[1]
Kamov Ka-27 Russia ASW 27/29 8[1] four Ka-29’s serve as assault transports

Air Defense Vehicles

ModelImageOriginTypeVariantNumberDetails
S-300V1[4]  Soviet Union Long Range Air Defense Missile SA-12 Gladiator 8 4 Units per battery.
S-300PS  Soviet Union Long Range Air Defense Missile SA-10 Grumble 86+ Ukraine modernized 6 units in 2011, another 6 units in July, 2014 further 6 units in December, 2014 6 more units in February, 2015 and 6 units in April 2015. Unlike SA-12 batteries which have 4 units in them, SA-10 batteries have 6 units active. 292 units were active in 1991, with 6 units being sold to Croatia in 1995 which was fighting a war with Serbia at that time.
S-200B  Soviet Union Long Range Air Defense Missile SA-5 Gammon 36 Retired from service as of 2013 owing to age, but were reactivated the following year due to the Donbass War and a lack of properly maintained S-300 units. 6 batteries existed in the country with 6 launchers each. The last are active are around Uman' and Odessa.
9K37M1 Buk-M1  Soviet Union Medium Range Air Defense SA-11 Gadfly 72[5]
2K12 Kub  Soviet Union
 Ukraine 		Medium Range Air Defense Kvadrat-2D
SA-6 Gainful 		1
89 		All in storage. In 2015 Ukraine demonstrated a modernized 2K12 it called Kvadrat-2D. So far only 1 unit is known to exist.[6]
S-125 Neva/Pechora  Soviet Union Medium Range Air Defense V-600 +1 All were in storage, until one was filmed on March 4, 2015.
2K11 Krug  Soviet Union Medium Range Air Defense SA-4 Ganef 100 All in storage.

Retired Vehicles / Aircraft

Former Ukrainian Tu-22M
Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[7]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 USSR Fighter MiG-21 Former
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 USSR Fighter MiG-23 Former
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 USSR Interceptor MiG-25 Former
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 USSR Attack MiG-27 Former
Sukhoi Su-17 USSR Fighter-bomber Su-17 Former
Sukhoi Su-15 USSR Interceptor Su-15 Former
Yakovlev Yak-28 USSR Medium bomber Yak-28 Former
Tupolev Tu-160 USSR Strategic bomber Tu-160 Former
Tupolev Tu-95 USSR Strategic bomber Tu-95 Former
Tupolev Tu-22M3 USSR Strategic bomber Tu-22M3 Former
Tupolev Tu-22 USSR Medium bomber Tu-22 Former
Tupolev Tu-16 USSR Bomber Tu-16 Former
Tupolev Tu-154 USSR VIP transport Tu-154 Former
Tupolev Tu-134 USSR VIP transport Tu-134A-3 Former

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "World Air Forces 2017". Flightglobal Insight. 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ↑ de Larrinaga, Nicholas (4 June 2014). "Ukraine returns combat aircraft to service". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. IHS Jane's. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ↑ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2016. p. 37.
  4. ↑ Armament of Ukrainian Armed Forces
  5. ↑ Source: Military Balance 2016, page 206
  6. ↑ "MSPO 2015: International Companies Show Their New Portfolio". Miltechmag.com. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
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