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First Sukhoi Su-30MK2s to Venezuela

By osuorsa | December 11, 2006 on 2:37 pm | In # Avia news |

Russian biggest aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi has delivered the first batch of two Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighters ordered by Venezuela. The Su-30MK2s were built by Sukhoi’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur company. The Sukhois were airlifted to Venezuela in an Antonov An-124 Ruslan transport plane. The planes are expected to take a part in a military parade in Venezuela on December 10.

Russia and Venezuela have signed a US$ 1.5 billion contract for the sale of 24 Su-30MK2 fighters. The Sukhoi Su-30MK2s are said to be essentially the same as the Chinese Su-30MK2s and compromises only Russian parts.

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Damn I feel jealous..
Venezuela and Brazil are rapidly modernising their air capabilities with million dollar acquisitions.Something up eh?

Comment by Sujay — December 13, 2006 #
Buying thoe Strike Flankers (Su-30s) was avery slick move on Venezuela’s part. Add those on to their F-16s, and you get one hell of a powerful Air Force.

Comment by Blacktail — December 13, 2006 #
it was about time, thats shows that US has to respect others countries no matter how small they are.

Comment by joe — December 22, 2006 #
Chavez need to get out of his fantaisy world.That money could do a lot of good to the economy of Venezuela…
It is not because you make too much noise that you are powerfull..

DIDI

Comment by didi — December 31, 2006 #
Brasil?!? I think no!

Comment by Leandro — January 19, 2007 #
Chavez is doing a lot for the people in Venezuela , maybe Didi should pay our country a visit, I my self will gladly show you the past and present of our geo-political development, you should look first before making a comment.
Venezuela need to replace a lot of their military inventory, their are obsolet and useless, the SU-30 Mk2 is a excelent choice even better are the Mi-35 helicopters. Remember we have colombia and their drug problems near by.

Comment by Luis loichet — January 21, 2007 #
Dear Luis Loichet,don’t take wrong, I am not trying to put your country down.I know president Chavez is doing a lot for his country ,but I lived long enough to know when a head of state in falling in prestige trap ,what we call in french ” folie douce”.
Remember,you have 47% of venezuelans living in poverty and 12.5% unemployment rate.There is room for improvement..

DIDI

Comment by DIDI — January 29, 2007 #
Luis Loichet, venezuela is negligent on its fight against drug problems, there are no cooperation with Colombia or US for fighting this issue.

The better corridors for drug cartels are crossing by Venezuela, the drug lords uses very low perfomance aircraft as cessnas or piper with reciprocating engines, due to this SU-30 and F-16 are useless.

So you are wrong about they need this planes to fight drug problems.

Venezuela is developing an armamentistic race for all South America, their SU-30 wants to show Military Power from an emerging country. that’s why they join MercoSur and leave CAN.

Comment by Legolas — January 29, 2007 #
well i´think Mr. DiDi and other get this comment turned into a political fact. this is supose to be a aeronautical an aircraft web site, so any political opinion It´s out of place, anyway, if My Country decide to buy russian fighters, we don´t hav to explain anybody wy we do it… i think SU-30 is a good adquisition, and if we can keep those F-16 in good shape,(thanks to some F-16 part suplyers) we can get a good air force, small but modernized. then we´ll recibe a number of SU-25/39 to complete a attack scuadron for the navy plus these yak-140 for light atack and trainig, this will be in a couple years

Comment by proaudio — January 30, 2007 #
Dear,
Iam sorry,we have to close this discussion because I did not know that it was discussed in the forum ealier..I am new in this website.
Anyway, I wish you good luck with Chavez and may God bless you( you will need it)..

DIDI

Comment by DIDI — February 3, 2007 #
I think a good air force, it´s not just a good aircraft dotation, We can do too much wiht 24 su-30 and a coouple dozen of F-16… the fact is that to protect main cityes and facilitys it´s necessary to have a good air defense system… that wy Venezuelan goverment adquire a brand new air defence from russia. State of the art 3D an 2D radar sistem coupling wiht the best Missile convunation, that S-300MPU and thor-M1, well keep any aircraft or cruise missile far from the objetive. that will ensure a secure air space even again Stealht type aircrat

Comment by proaudio — February 5, 2007 #
Any countries around the world need to upgrade their own aircraft fighter due to higher maintenance for some of their old equip and reasons.This is fact.
But the question why most of the develope country bought aircraft fighter from europe and russia…
For examples, why Pakistan didn’t received their f-16 from US even they have made a full payment(i guess)?…it happened in Osama Laden period.
Why US restricted country like Malaysia to purchased only medium range missile and a basic avionic for their FA-18D?..and they find solution by upgrading their new fighter to su-30mkm from Russia?…
Same things happened to Indonesia, India, Venezuela and some other new developed country. Its all about US policies towards their so called ’small country’.At the end Russia & Europe gets the benefit from it. Think about it.

Comment by adeenas — February 10, 2007 #
Yes, I´m agree wjit Mr. Adeenas, the main fct of US politics, It´s that tjey never sell any weapon that can be use against them in a future, so they never will sell a log range air to air or SAM missile to some contries that they consider not too “friendly”, liky ny country for example, here in Venezuela, we bought couple dozen of F-16 but they just came armed whit Sidewinder missiles, and refuse to sell Sparrow medium range missile, as you see, they know what they do. otherwisw, those news Sokhoi SU-30mk2 that Venezuela just buy, cane whit a full pack of weaponry, including long range air to air and air to surface missile, so you can see the diference.

Comment by proaudio — February 15, 2007 #
Why not? The man’s entitled to spend his dough any way he likes…all I gotta do now is find a way to join his Air Force so I can get my hands on one of the sukhers!

Comment by Mick Dunn — September 18, 2007 #
well by the date, we had receibe a bath of those SU-30mk2 (about 16) and the brand new 3dradar jus arrived from china, we have just camea pair of thor M1 batteries, and waiting for the log-medium range s-300v missiles, all this convined whit the coming A-50 AWACS plane, will do a good job, in venbezuelan air defense sistem

Comment by proaudio — October 17, 2007 #
this is going to be awesome. the us and columbia are going to be able to shoot down the same F16 that they purchased from the US. not only does the US get a nice sale, they get to take out the inventory. chavez is a second rate mini dictator with a God complex who is trying to deal himself into the game. problem is that the game is over and has moved on

Comment by Jose — March 3, 2008 #
What we need here in Venezuela is not military trash, we need new metro trains, we need more employment, we need more security against common crime, and certainly we don’t need more food for the cannons, neither any kind of war. And all they say Chavez is doing for the people is B.S. He only does something for a couple of friends. What he gives is what he took ten times first. And by now the country is F.U.B.A.R.

Comment by Socram — August 31, 2009 #
Good, 24 more practice targets for US aircrafts to practice. LOL. (The 16’s they have are A and B models, old and well under capable when compared to new F16’s, further, They have no highly trained pilots. for the 16’s). As the Sy 30’s, those are practice targets for our USAF. All those acft are only show and threat only for those not allied with the US.

Comment by Jose — November 24, 2009 #