Equipment of the Ukrainian Air Force

The Equipment of the Ukrainian Air Force can be subdivided into: aircraft, aircraft weapons, air defense, radars, and retired machines.

Aircraft

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Variant	Quantity[1][2][3]	Details
Fighter Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-27		Soviet Union	Air Superiority Fighter	Su-27 Su-27S Su-27C Su-27P Su-27UB	18 (active combat aircraft)	36 delivered.[4]
Mikoyan MiG-29		Soviet Union	Multirole Aircraft	MiG-29 MiG-29S MiG-29A MiG-29UB MiG-29MU1	21 (active combat aircraft)[1]	80 in service in 2013, 45 MiG-29s aircraft were captured by the Russian Armed Forces on Belbek Air Base during the 2014 Crimean crisis,[5] 3 MiG-29S and one MiG-29UB.[6][7][8] 37 MiG-29s were handed back to Ukraine by late May 2014.[9] Five MiG-29MU1 Ukrainian upgrade (1 in 2011). Additional two were renovated in 2012. Initially mothballed, the fleet of MiG-29s was in April 2014 restored to active service as a result of the unrest in Ukraine,[10]
Ground Attack
Sukhoi Su-25		Soviet Union	Close air support	Su-25 Su-25UB Su-25K Su-25UTG Su-25M1 Su-25UBM1	13 (active combat aircraft)[1]	46 delivered. Four Su-25M1 and one Su-25UBM1 were upgraded in 2010-2011.[11][12] 8 upgraded to Su-25M1: #04 Blue, #05 Blue, #06 Blue, #07 Blue, #08 Blue, #38 Blue, #40 Blue, #41 Blue. 1 upgraded to Su-25UBM1: #62 Blue. One crashed on 11.11.2015. Another crashed on 14.07.2016.
Sukhoi Su-24M		Soviet Union	Close air support	Su-24M	11[1]
Reconnaissance
Sukhoi Su-24MR		Soviet Union	Reconnaissance	Su-24MR	6	23 delivered.
Antonov An-30		Soviet Union	Reconnaissance	An-30B	1	1 was shot down over Slavyansk during the Donbass War
Transport Aircraft
Antonov An-70		Ukraine	Heavy Transport	An-70	1
Ilyushin Il-76		Soviet Union	Heavy Transport	Il-76MD	5	1 shotdown in 2014.
Antonov An-148		Ukraine	VIP Transport	An-148-100EA	0 (+2)	description...
Tupolev Tu-134		Soviet Union	VIP Transport	Tu-134AK	2	1 stored.
Antonov An-24		Soviet Union	VIP Transport		2	4 stored.
Antonov An-26		Soviet Union	Medium Transport		28	Several upgraded as An-26 "Vita" flying hospitals. 14 modernized AN-26 will be transferred to the Ukrainian Army in the ATO Area.[13]
Antonov An-2		Soviet Union	Light Transport		2
Trainer Aircraft
Aero L-39 Albatros		Czechoslovakia  Ukraine	Advance Trainer	L-39M L-39S L-39 Total	2 25 2 29
HAZ–30		Ukraine	Basic Trainer	HAZ-30	4	Will replace all Yak-52s.
Yakovlev Yak-52		Soviet Union	Basic Trainer	Yak-52M	4	After the collapse of the Soviet Union Ukraine inherited 80 functioning aircraft, but with age and lack of spare parts their numbers steadily dwindled. Today only 11 aircraft exist with the Ukrainian air force and only 4 of them are air worthy.
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8/17		Soviet Union	Transport helicopter	Mi-17 Mi-8MT	42 (active combat aircraft)[1]	Around 100 delivered. By the beginning of the 2014 combat in southeastern Ukraine had 14-16 operational Mi-17.
Mi-8MSB1 Mi-8MSB-B		Soviet Union	Transport helicopter	Mi-8MT	7	Modernized by the Ukrainian Air Force, was due to enter the serial modernization/production in late 2011.[14][15][16]
Mil Mi-24		Soviet Union	Attack/Transport helicopter	Mi-24P Mi-24V Mi-24VP Mi-24PM	34 (active combat aircraft)[1]
H125		France	Light Transport helicopter		? [17]
Mi-2MSB2		Soviet Union  Poland	Light Transport helicopter	Mi-2	7[16]	Modernized by the Ukrainian Air Force, was due to enter the serial modernization/production in late 2011.[14]
UAV
RQ-11		United States	Reconnaissance drone/UAV	RQ-11B	72	[18]
Tupolev Tu-143		Soviet Union	Reconnaissance drone/UAV	Tu-143	50, most in storage or decommissioned	Several were spotted during the War in Donbass and Russian separatist forces downed a Tu-143 in August 2014 suggesting that the Ukrainian military has brought it back into operational status
Tu-141		Soviet Union	Reconnaissance drone/UAV	Tu-141	68	In 2014, the air force announced that it will be bringing back 68 aircraft that have been in reserve since the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the Tu-141 reconnaissance drone.

Weapons Inventory

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Details
Air-to-air missiles
R-73 (NATO: AA-11)		Soviet Union	Short Range Missile
R-27 (NATO: AA-10)		Soviet Union  Ukraine	Medium Range Missile
R-60 (NATO: AA-8)		Soviet Union	Short Range Missile
Air-to-surface missiles
AR-8L		Ukraine	Short Range Missile	Produces by Luch Design Bureau.[19]
Unknown		Ukraine	TV-command guided missile	Produces by Luch Design Bureau.
Kh-29 (NATO: AS-14)		Soviet Union	TV-command guided missile
Kh-25 (NATO: AS-10)		Soviet Union	Laser-guided missile
Kh-23 (NATO: AS-7)		Soviet Union	Radio-command missile
Unguided Rockets
S-13 rocket		Soviet Union	Unguided Rockets
S-8 rocket		Soviet Union  Ukraine	Unguided Rockets
S-5 rocket		Soviet Union	Unguided Rockets
Bombs
FAB-500		Soviet Union	500 kg Bomb
FAB-250		Soviet Union	250 kg Bomb
FAB-100		Soviet Union	100 kg Bomb

Air Defense Vehicles

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Variant	Number	Details
S-300V1[20]		Soviet Union	Long Range Air Defense Missile	SA-12 Gladiator	8	4 Units per battery.
S-300PS		Soviet Union	Long Range Air Defense Missile	SA-10 Grumble	86+	Ukraine modernized 6 units in 2011, another 6 units in July, 2014 further 6 units in December, 2014 6 more units in February, 2015 and 6 units in April 2015. Unlike SA-12 batteries which have 4 units in them, SA-10 batteries have 6 units active. 292 units were active in 1991, with 6 units being sold to Croatia in 1995 which was fighting a war with Serbia at that time.
S-200B		Soviet Union	Long Range Air Defense Missile	SA-5 Gammon	36	Retired from service as of 2013 owing to age, but were reactivated the following year due to the Donbass War and a lack of properly maintained S-300 units. 6 batteries existed in the country with 6 launchers each. The last are active are around Uman' and Odessa.
9K37M1 Buk-M1		Soviet Union	Medium Range Air Defense	SA-11 Gadfly	72[21]
2K12 Kub		Soviet Union  Ukraine	Medium Range Air Defense	Kvadrat-2D SA-6 Gainful	1 89	All in storage. In 2015 Ukraine demonstrated a modernized 2K12 it called Kvadrat-2D. So far only 1 unit is known to exist.[22]
S-125 Neva/Pechora		Soviet Union	Medium Range Air Defense	V-600	+1	All were in storage, until one was filmed on March 4, 2015.
2K11 Krug		Soviet Union	Medium Range Air Defense	SA-4 Ganef	100	All in storage.

Radars

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Used by	Number	Details
MR-1		Ukraine	UHF/VHF band differentiation Mobile Radar	Stand alone unit	0(+?)	The newest indigenous Ukrainian design presented in February 2014.[23] But its debut was rushed with debugging expected to take the whole of 2015 and mass production not to start till 2016. It is designed to complement the standard Acquisition Radars to increase the time of detection.
Kolchuga		Ukraine	Passive Sensor Mobile Radar	Stand alone unit	19 (2009)	First indigenous Ukrainian design in production since 2001, however the development for which started in 1987.[24] According to Inter TV one unit stationed near Sevastopol fell into the hands of the Russian military during the Crimean Crisis, thus the system was compromised. It is designed to complement the standard Acquisition Radars to decrease the time of detection.
80K6M		Ukraine	3D Mobile Acquisition Radar	S-300PS Buk Kub Osa Goa	0(+?)	An indigenous Ukrainian design produced in 2013 and was designed to replace all PRV-17, PRV-13, PRV-11, P-37, P-30 systems, however under Yanukovych presidency the radar system was never purchased as a result of military budget cuts with all of the units being sold to Azerbaijan instead. This however meant that this system hasn't been compromised during the Crimean Crisis and since then small quantity of orders have been placed by the state.
9S15M "Bill Board"		Soviet Union	3D Mobile Acquisition Radar	S-300V1	?
9S19 "High Screen"		Soviet Union	3D Mobile Acquisition Radar	S-300V1	?
ST-68U "Tin Shield"		Ukrainian SSR  Ukraine	3D Mobile Acquisition Radar	S-300PS	?	The last Soviet designed and built radar system in Ukraine, it was produced in Zaporizhia and after the collapse of USSR Ukraine inherited the system and proceeded to improve on it producing the 80K6 and 36D6-M [25]
5N66 "Clam Shell"		Soviet Union	3D Mobile Acquisition Radar	S-300PS	?
5N84 "Tall King"		Soviet Union	2D Mobile Acquisition Radar	S-200	?
9S18 "Tube Arm"		Soviet Union	3D Mobile Acquisition Radar	Buk	?
P-40 "Long Track"		Soviet Union	2D Mobile Acquisition Radar	Osa Kub Krug	?	All likely in storage.
P-18		Soviet Union	2D Mobile Acquisition Radar	Goa	?	Some units active, but exact numbers are unknown.
P-15 "Flat Face"		Soviet Union	2D Mobile Acquisition Radar	Osa Krug	?	All likely in storage.
9S32 "Grill Pan"		Soviet Union	Engagement Radar	S-300V1	?	Operational condition unknown.
5N63S "Flap Lid B"		Soviet Union	Engagement Radar	S-300PS	?	Standard engagement radar of all S-300 units.
5N62 "Square Pair"		Soviet Union	Engagement Radar	S-200	?
1S91 "Straight Flush"		Soviet Union	Engagement Radar	Kub	?
SNR-125 "Low Blow"		Ukrainian SSR	Engagement Radar	Goa	?
1S32 "Pat Hand"		Soviet Union	Engagement Radar	Krug	?
Trassa-1		Ukraine	Mobile Navigation Radar		?	An indigenous Ukrainian design produced in the late 2000s by Iskra Design Bureau [26] for battle field navigation, it is meant to replace obsolete RSP-10MN1, RSP-7, RSP-6M2. Small quantity was produced but further acquisition was stopped under Yanukovych presidency due to military budget cuts. It is unknown whether this radar system was compromised during the Crimean Crisis.
RSP-10MN1		Soviet Union	Mobile Navigation Radar		?	Most are stored.
RSP-7		Soviet Union	Mobile Navigation Radar		?	All are stored as the system is considered obsolete.
RSP-6M2		Soviet Union	Mobile Navigation Radar		?	Small quantity in storage as the system is considered obsolete.
PRV-17		Ukrainian SSR	2D Mobile Radar		?	Most are active.
P-80		Soviet Union	2D Mobile Radar		?	Standard VHF band radar with dozens of units active but more in storage. To be replaced with MR-1 Radar upon availability of funds.
PRV-13		Ukrainian SSR	2D Mobile Radar		?	Most are stored.
P-37		Soviet Union	2D Mobile Radar		?	A sizable quantity still exists as a reserve radar for SA-5 but most are in storage.
PRV-11		Ukrainian SSR	2D Mobile Radar		?	All are stored as the system is considered obsolete.
P-30		Soviet Union	2D Mobile Radar		?	Small quantity in storage as the system is considered obsolete.

Retired Vehicles / Aircraft

Former Ukrainian Tu-22M

References