Well, is this confirmed? I read in another place that the brazilian president allegedly confirmed it, any links, how much it will cost, when will they be delivered etc.

All of the figures are totals, including combat and non combat variants. Rough overall total is around 14100 tactical aircraft, give or take a few hundred.

I believe that total is way too high, some contemporary (as in early 1990s) figures i saw were listing over 8000 tactical aircraft and over 4000 helos. If i’m not mistaken, in one of the recent CA or AFM magazines a total (aircraft and helos) of 13,000 was mentioned, but need to find those articles again.
Your numbers do not seem to reflect for attrition (have no idea what the figure would be, between 1 and 2% a year or something like that?) and exports, the MiG-23 and 27 numbers f.e. are very close to the totals produced.

Oh, i know what it might help you, i just recalled. I have a wonderful book from 1995 “The naval institute guide to world’s air forces” (or something like that!), and it DOES have in there a by type inventory of VVS/PVO and Army aviation of the time, including the numbers disclosed by Russia under CFE, and the newly independent ex-soviet states are listed there too. By adding those totals, you should get a fairly accurate figure for 1991, which shouldn’t be significantly different from 1989.

Well, very unfortunately the 3203 built at GAZ 30 Znamya Truda are not broken down into subtypes, i have never seen such figures and it will be extremely interesting to see how many export F/P/M etc. series they built. We know the total which is 10,645 (just in USSR) and we know how many twin-seaters (1,661 i think), and we know the breakdown for GAZ 21 Gorky and GAZ 31 Tbilisi, but unfortunately not from the Moscow factory. And if even mr. Andrey Fomin doesn’t have those figures, it’s hard to imagine them being revealed anytime soon, which is a pity.

Some recent stuff from LII on this blog here:
http://nickras.livejournal.com/14527.html#

Also at LII, MiG-35 741 with 2 R-27ET and 2 R-73:

If that would be the case, then we should expect spotter pictures of the first Mi-28NEs taken at Rostov-on Don very, very soon (hopefully!). Although it looks like from first flight to the helos arriving in Iraq it takes something like 2 months at least.

Do you have a link to the article in question Sheytan? Thanks.

It’s a good choice, far more capable than L-159 to be honest. If it would feature an AESA and the F414 engine, it won’t be much of a LIFT though isn’t it, but a full fledged multirole fighter. In fact it would have same engine at Gripen NG, and surely that costs a lot more than 45 million. I guess it depends what the IrAF requirements are, obviously light attack role must be one of them. It would be of course deeply ironic if it will actually feature an AESA and the F414 engine, it will be in most respects a more capable aircraft than the F-16s indeed.
However, don’t forget LM has a big stake in this program, and the yanks have the final word, so expect limitations on what can be provided and what not on this aircraft . Since the AMRAAM and AIM-9X was refused to Iraq, even it will have an AESA it likely won’t have BVR missiles, unless they integrate Meteor on it or something! Anyway, the fact that the deal was signed means the americans gave their go ahead, the only question is what configuration will they be exactly.

Does anyone knows what radar the indonesian T-50s have btw?

US Military Official: Iran Moves Fighters Off Disputed Island

What year and what magazine is that Su-25 image from if may i ask Tango III? Thank you.

They are certainly this year’s production, probably the first 3 (01, 02, 54) are still all Akhtubinsk. And yes the numbering system is confusing, but i guess that’s the purpose.
Here’s a list with the known finished/delivered SMs to date:
http://aeronews.alle.bg/%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F/%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80-%D1%81%D1%83-30%D1%81%D0%BC