List of active Ukrainian military aircraft

Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The following 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 (2012)
An Aero L-39C Albatros on the taxi way (2008)
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 USSR multirole 21[1] Russian forces captured 45 aircraft during the Crimean crisis[2]
Sukhoi Su-24 USSR all weather attack 12[1]
Sukhoi Su-25 USSR attack / CAS 13[1]
Sukhoi Su-27 USSR multirole 18[1]
Reconnaissance
Antonov An-30 USSR surveillance 3[1]
Transport
Antonov An-26 USSR transport 23[1] in 2001-2002 one An-26 transport plane was rebuilt into Ан-26 «Vita» medevac[3]
Antonov An-70 Ukraine transport 1 3 on order[1]
Ilyushin Il-76 USSR heavy transport 5[1]
Tupolev Tu-134 USSR VIP 1[1]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8 USSR utility 16[1]
Trainer Aircraft
Aero L-39 ČSSR trainer 46[1]
KhAZ-30[4] Ukraine trainer 4[5] since 2013
UAV
RQ-11 Raven United States surveillance RQ-11B 72[6]

Army Aviation

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8 USSR utility 36[1]
Mil Mi-24 USSR 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 USSR transport 1[1]
Beriev Be-12 USSR transport / SAR 2[1] amphibian aircraft
Helicopters
Mil Mi-14 USSR SAR / ASW 4[1]
Kamov Ka-27 USSR ASW 27/29 4[1]

Retired

A former Ukrainian Tu-22M at SIAD 2002 Air Show

Previous aircraft operated by the Air Force consisted of the MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-27, Sukhoi Su-17, Sukhoi Su-15, Yakovlev Yak-28, Tupolev Tu-160, Tupolev Tu-95, Tupolev Tu-22M, Tupolev Tu-22, Tupolev Tu-16, Tupolev Tu-154, and the Tupolev Tu-134[7]

Air Defense

Name Origin Type In service Notes
SAM
S-300V1[8][9] USSR SAM system 8 long range capable
S-300PS [9] USSR mobile SAM system
S-75 Dvina [9] USSR mobile SAM system
SA-3 Goa S-125 [9] USSR mobile SAM system
SA-5 Gammon S-200 [9] USSR mobile SAM system
SA-6 Gainful SD 3M9 [9] USSR mobile SAM system

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "World Air Forces 2018". Flightglobal Insight. 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  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. ↑ "Vita" рятує життя // газета «Народна армія», № 132 (5224) вiд 21-26 жовтня 2013. стор.7
  4. ↑ "На початку липня другокурсники вийшли на важливий етап підготовки військових пілотів – виконання самостійних польотів на легкомоторних літаках типу ХАЗ-30"
    Олег Плаксій. «Кожедубiвцi» на етапi самостiйних польотiв // "Народна армiя" вiд 9 липня 2018
  5. ↑ У Харкові запустили в серію український легкомоторний літак (фото) // УНИАН от 15 августа 2013
  6. ↑ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2016. p. 37.
  7. ↑ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
  8. ↑ Armament of Ukrainian Armed Forces
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ukraine - Air Force Equipment". globalsecurity.org. 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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