Ukrainian Air Force plans to replenish 2017 with airplanes in 60
The speaker of the military department, Dmitry Gutsulyak, said this at a briefing at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center:
In addition, the plans of the Ukrainian leadership include the repair and modernization of about 30 units of equipment and weapons of radio engineering troops, the purchase of about 400 new types of communication equipment and radio engineering support of flights.
As the bmpd blog previously reported, in 2016 (declared the year of the air force), the Ukrainian Air Force was replenished with six MiG-29 fighters: the "72", "73", "75", "76" aircraft entered the 114th tactical brigade aviation, "01" and "02" (upgraded to the MiG-29MU1 level) - in the 40th BrTA. After repair, the Su-831 with numbers "39", "27" and "36" ("Ivan Ilyich Babak") entered the 55th BrTA and the 57th UAE after repairs. In addition, the repaired Su-27UB with a tail number of 67 is being prepared for transfer to the unit. Migremont also repaired the Su-27UB with hull number "69", which received damage as a result of rolling out of the runway. The 299th BrTA received the Su-25M1 attack aircraft with tail numbers "30" and "39", as well as the "twin" Su-25UBM1 with tail number "62". It should be noted that these aircraft are equipped with additional protection against missiles with infrared homing. Concerning transport aviation, this year repair of six An-26 of various modifications was ordered. So, in the summer of the 203rd NABr received the repaired An-26 with tail number “50”, in October the An-410 with tail number “26” came out from the 35th ARZ, and later the An-26RT with tail number “20”, which replenished the 456th armored personnel carrier. Also, according to the plant, the An-26 with tail number "02" for the 15th armored personnel carrier was repaired. In 2016, one of the tactical aviation brigades received a modernized training aircraft L-39M with tail number "109", which is equipped with the BTK-39 training complex. Another L-39 with tail number "123" became part of the 114th BrTA.
- bmpd.livejournal.com
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