September 8, 2010 at 5:33 am
Along with the Belarus air force, the Kazakh air force is like a mini-Russian air force. Unlike many other former Soviet republics, it seems to have an active fleet and is even undergoing modernization.
What will this air force be like in 2020? How will it address air space protection from the Chinese and instability in the south? how will it integrate itself as part of the larger Russian defense since it is very close with Russia?
It has according to wikipedia:
16 MiG-25
15 MiG-29
42 MiG-31
47 Su-27
40 Su-24
14 Su-25
22 Mi-26
14 Mi-8
Although it seems the MiG-25 are retired. They lost one 1 MiG-31 to a crash a few years ago.
The Kazakhs seem friendly to Israel, they have Jewish upgrades of their T-72 tank, and their upgraded Su-27UBM2 has Litening. Since they are friendly to Israel, why not Su-30MKI?
is the MiG-31 a viable aircraft for their needs as they don’t have as large a gap as Russia does? perhaps they need to standardize more to Flankers? Possible Pak-fa to replace some aircraft?
By: TR1 - 9th December 2016 at 01:06
Kazakhstan MOD received two new Mi-171Sh. They received 4 of the type in December 2015, as well as 6 delivered to the Border Guard in 2013-2014.
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2312210.html





By: TR1 - 26th November 2016 at 22:03
MiG-31s: