Belarus Air Force Equipment

AIR FORCE
SYSTEMS Inventory
1990 1995 2000 2003 2005 2010 2015
FGA/RECCE
Su-24MK/MR n/a 42 29 35 35 33 31
Su-25/UB n/a 99 80 76 76 73 71
FTR
MiG-23MLD/UB n/a 45 40 35 35 33 30
MiG-25 n/a 13 – – – – –
MiG-29S/UB n/a 83 45 43 41 40 39
Su-27P/UB n/a 24 23 23 23 23 23
HEL: ATTACK
Mi-24 n/a 74 53 53 50 48 46
Mi-24R n/a – 4 4 4 4 4
Mi-24K n/a – 1 1 1 1 1
HEL: CBT SPT
Mi-24K n/a 9 8 8 8 8 8
Mi-24P n/a 10 – – – – –
Mi-24R n/a – 4 4 4 4 4
Mi-8 n/a 148 125 125 125 125 125
Mi-6 n/a – 29 29 29 29 29
TRANSPORT
Il-76 n/a 29 16 16 16 16 16
An-12 n/a 6 3 3 3 3 3
An-24 n/a 7 1 1 1 1 1
An-26 n/a 1 6 6 6 6 6
Tu-134 n/a 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mi-2 n/a 26 – – – – –
Mi-26 n/a 14 14 14 14 14 14
TRAINING
L-39 n/a – – – ~ ~ ~
AIR DEFENSE
SA-2/-3/-5/-10 n/a 200 175 175 175 175 175
MISSILES
AA-7/-8/-10/-11 n/a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
AS-10/-11/-14 n/a ~ ~ ~ ~

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Compare the air force of Belarus with that of Serbia in 1999 and see that belarus is not as powerful as the Russian air Force or even Ukranian, in 1987 those air forces were even stronger because they were a single Air force

Just in 1995 Belarus had 4 times more MiG-29s than Serbia ever had, some aircraft that Serbia lacked such as twenty four Su-27, thirteen MiG-25s and forty five MiG-23MLD

Ukraine Air Force was little bit more comparable to Iraq`s but had much powerful weapons better equipment and better skills and knowledge about how to use their weapons

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Ukraine air force

Ukraine – Air Force Equipment
Check tha basicly Ukraine had 350 MiG-29, Su-27 and MiG-23
Air Force
SYSTEMS Inventory
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
BBR – 26 28 32 – –
Tu-22M – 26 28 32 – –
FGA/BBR – 166 166 71 71 71
Su-24 – 166 166 71 71 71
FGA – 34 34 63 63 63
Su-25 – 34 34 63 63 63
FTR – 409 206 277 277 277
MiG-29 – 146 146 217 217 217
Su-27 – 66 60 60 60 60
MiG-23 – 140 – – – –
Su-15 – 57 – – – –
RECCE – 99 66 63 49 49
Su-24 – 41 29 29 29 29
Su-17 – 41 20 20 20 20
Tu-22 – 17 17 14 – –
CBT TRG – – 7 7 7 7
Su-24 – – 4 4 4 4
MiG-23 – – 1 1 1 1
MiG-29 – – 2 2 2 2
TPT – 219 323 142 142 142
Il-76 – 174 160 60 60 60
An-12 – – 100 21 21 21
An-24 – 12 12 12 12 12
An-26 – 30 30 28 28 28
Tu-134 – 3 3 3 3 3
Il-78 – – 18 18 18 18
TRG – 456 345 361 361 361
L-39 – 430 329 345 345 345
Mi-8 – – 16 16 16 16
Tu-22M – 23 – – – –
Tu-16 – 3 – – – –
SPT HEL – 160 304 304 304 304
Mi-2 – – 111 111 111 111
Mi-6 – 16 23 23 23 23
Mi-8 – 144 170 170 170 170
AAM – – + + + +
AA-7 Apex K-23 – – + + + +
AA-8 Aphid K-60 – – + + + +
AA-9 Amos K-100 – – + + + +
AA-10 Alamo R-27 – – + + + +
AA-11 Archer R-73 – – + + + +
ASM – – + + + +
AS-7 Kerry Kh-66 – – + + + +
AS-9 Kyle Kh-28 – – + + + +
AS-10 Karen Kh-25 – – + + + +
AS-11 Kilter Kh-58 – – + + + +
AS-12 Kegler Kh-25MP – – + + + +
AS-13 Kingpost Kh-59 – – + + + +
AS-14 Kedge Kh-29 – – + + + +
SAM – + + + + +
SA-2 Guideline V-75 – + + + + +
SA-3 Goa S-125 – + + + + +
SA-5 Gammon S-200 – + + + + +
SA-6 Gainful SD 3M9 – + + + + +
SA-10 Grumble S-300PMU – + + + + +
SA-11 Gadfly – + + + + +
SA-12A Gladiator S-300V – + + + +

Compare that to the Iraqi Air force in 1990 and you will see that in 1990 Iraq had a less powerful air force than Ukraine
SYSTEMS Inventory
1990 1995 2000 2002 2005 2010 2015
Bomber 16 ~ 6 ~ 6 ~ 6 – – –
Tu-22 8 4 4 4 – – –
Tu-16 4 – – – – – –
H-6D [PRC] 4 2 2 2 – – –
Fighter/Attack 390 216 116 96 – – –
J-6 [PRC MiG-19] 30 30 – – – – –
Mig-23 90 70 40 20 – – –
Mirage F-1 EQ/BQ 94 55 45 45 – – –
Su-7 30 20 – – – – –
Su-20 / Su-22 70 45 15 15 – – –
Su-25 60 25 15 15 – – –
Su-24 25 1 1 1 – – –
Fighter 245 140 90 85 – – –
J-7 [PRC MiG-21] 40 35 35 35 – – –
MiG-21 150 75 40 40 – – –
MiG-25 25 15 5 5 – – –
MiG-29 30 15 10 5 – – –
RECON ~12 ~5 ~5 ~5 16 38 38
CH2000 – – – – 8 8 8
SB7L-360 – – – – 2 24 24
Comp Air SL7 – – – – 6 6 6
MiG-21 5 – – – – – –
MiG-25 7 5 5 5 – – –
AEW –
Il-76 Adnan 2 – – – – – –
TANKER –
Il-76 1 2 2 2 – – –
TRANSPORT –
C-130E – – – – 3 3 3
An-2 10 5 5 20 – – –
An-12 10 5 5 3 – – –
An-24 6 6 6 6 – – –
An-26 2 2 6 6 – – –
Il-76 19 4 4 4 – – –
TRAINING –
AS-202 35 20 20 20 – – –
EMB-312 80 70 60 50 – – –
L-29 50 20 – – – – –
L-39 50 50 50 50 – – –
MB-233 16 8 – – – – –
PC-7 50 25 25 25 – – –
PC-9 30 30 15 12 – – –
Yak-11 10 – – – – – –
Helicopters – – – 2 21 21 21
UH-1H – – – – 16 16 16
Jet Ranger – – – – 5 5 5
MISSILES –
ASM –
AM-39 + + + + – – –
AS-4 + + + + – – –
AS-5 + + + + – – –
AS-9 – + + + – – –
AS-11 + + + + – – –
AS-12 + + + + – – –
AS-30L + + + + – – –
C-601 + + + + – – –
AAM –
AA-2/-6/-7/-8/-10 + + + + – – –
R-530 + + + + – – –
R-550 + + + + – –
Check that basicly Iraq had a MiG-21 based Air forces with 180 third generation Mirage f1 and MiG-23
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Iraqi air force inventory

Another wonderful jet the Yak-50

i may be wrong but the La-15, ASCC name Fantail, did enter limited service, a unknown number, possibly 100 was built . i would of thought that there time in service would have been very short. as the Mig-15 was far better. two prototypes of a two seat trainer was also built the La-15 UTI.
another [ very odd looking ] Lavochkin that never entered production was the La-200. has enyone eny photos. 🙂

You are right it entered production, i was wrong around 500 were built but compared to the MiG-15 well it is almost a rejected product because the MiG-15 got the real production numbers that the La-15 needed and failed to achieve.

Here is a picture of the La-200 by the way http://www.airwar.ru has several articles about aircraft that are quit unknown in the west to the General public

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Soviet post war iarcraft

The single engine MiG-19 or I-420

here is the I-370 a design between the MiG-17 and MiG-19

‎Hi to every one

There is a big question that I ask to my self but with no answer .

Why the russian combat aircraft has low external load than the westrn aircraft in the same class . Can any one answer me and if we look to the Mig-29 we see the first class Mig-29A (9.12) has extrenal load up to 2000 kg and in the mig-29S have 3000 with no difference in the power and in the mig-29SM and SMT had increase to 4000 and 4500 with no any difference in power (engin threat) why the first A com with low load and the others had increase with no difference so why thy did it from the first, and why low load ? . if the answer is the design of the wing and its area or the russian load point its capacity very low .the same question for SU-27 and it’s family compared with F-15C and E in this case we see the SU-27 and it’s family has power above the power of F-15 . Can I hear a convinced answer ??? .

I do not think the Russian aircraft carry smaller loads by simple technical reasons, if you look at an F-15E and a Su-30MK things can be misleading, the Su-30MK carries more fuel internally, same is the Su-34; the F-16 and F-15 will have lower thrust to weight ratio too if they are compared to the MiG-29 or Su-27 making them less capable dogfighters.

The MiG-29A is basicly a simple air superiority very similarly to the F-16A, the F-4 needed two engines to do what the MiG-23 could with one in terms of performance, the F-4 is not a MiG-21 equivalent, it is more in the class of the MiG-23 and Su-15 and it is more a strike aircraft than a fighter, the MiG-21 is in the class of the F-104, Mirage III or J35.

Before comparing any aircraft we need to see if they are for the same role and if they are in the same generation and niche.

The MiG-29 has been kept in the line of what is thought to be a good light weight fighter while the F-16 and F-18 are more in the class of strike aircraft and have sacrificed their agility and thrust to weight ratio in order to get payload , however the Russians had no need to make them heavier when they had bombers in the class of the Tu-22M.

The F-111 versus Su-24 are another good example, while the Su-24M carries less ordnance and has less range we usually forget the Tu-22M filled many missions a F-111 would fill.

Aircraft in the class of the MiG-27 and Sepecat Jaguar are equivalents, however niether the F-4 or F-15 are in the same class, these are in the class of the Su-27/30.

No one should compare the F-4E and the MiG-21 in terms of weight because one is a light weight day light fighter and the other a heavy weight aircraft

besides many forget the Russians had aircraft in the class of the Tu-128 that dwarfs the F-4`s range or weight

what do you mean by

I have to smile. We do no longer discuss a Flogger claim over Bagdad or central Iraq, but an incident more than 400 km away.
The discussion is around a few kilometers of the northern Kuwaiti border. If the crew gave Kuwait or Kuwait-City did change nothing.
The official borderline between occupied Kuwait and southern Iraq was marked with fences in the desert at best. None villages there, to be worth kept in the memory of soldiers.
If someone stick to a map, he has to show the capability to read that really!
The distance between Basra and the Kuwaiti-border is less than 50 km.
To get an idea about the present country-side, Google-earth is of help. Also a good tool for distances.
The key military installation along-side the highway to Kuwait were the prime targets.
As General Colin Powell, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, explains the roots of coalition strategy. It was a simple plan:”We’re going to cut them off, and then we’re going to kill them”. Hereby pointing to a circle covering southern Iraq/Basra and Kuwait.

Sens We are simply trying to decide which account is the most likely telling the truth.

The russian account only is truth if the Panavia Tornado was shot down in Iraq and the Western one if it was shot down in Kuwait

You have several options for each account to be truth, for the Russian account to be truth you have the different events and explanations:

A)The Panavia Tornado was shot down in the Iraqi desert near to Baghdad to some degree
B)Cocciolone claims on Iraqi TV of the target been in Southern Iraq was right
C)The phrase -” atterrando nella piena oscurità del deserto Iracheno “- means that they were capture in Iraq and not in Kuwait
D)Bellini`s account is a Fabrication to slander the Iraqi TV interview as propaganda and a lie.
E)The chaff flare were used to jam a IR or radar guidance of a AAM launched by the MiG-23

The Western account it`s right only if Iraqi desert also means in the phrase -” atterrando nella piena oscurità del deserto Iracheno “- the desert close to Kuwait city and Cociolone`s statement of the target been in Southern Iraq meant also a Target close to Kuwait city

I doubt the western account under geographical terms and the Russian one due to the fact Bellini claims by himself been shot down in Kuwait and not in Southern Iraq

There is a third option and that is there were two Italian Panavia Tornadoes shot down but i guess that is a not very likely possibility

If we check this webpaeg by remote it is:

Italian Air Force Captain Maurizio Cocciolone was the pilot of a Tornado GR1
fighter/bomber which flew in the first wave of strikes. During the strike,
two Italian fighter jets were shot down, including Cocciolone’s Toronado. It
is not possible from early reports to determine the exact locations of the
losses.

from Biography Maurizio Cocciolone