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24 Sqn "Hunting Hawks", IAF - Special scheme for IAF 65th Anniversary in 1997.
200 Su-30K / MKI (for "Modernizirovanniy Kommercheskiy Indiskiy") received (August 2014) since 1996.
Total projected in 2018 of 330 aircraft

 

 


 

 

24 Sqn "Hunting Hawks", IAF - Lohegaon AFS, Pune, India, 1997.

 


 

 

IAF
50 Su-30MKI with duck empennages and vector thrust were purchased in Russia, the others are manufactured under license.

 

SU-30 Specifications

General

Type: Multirole Fighter
Crew: 2
First flight: 31 December 1989
Introduction: 1996
Number built: 330 aircraft for India (Total projected)
Powerplant
2 × AL-31FL low-bypass turbofans
Dry thrust: 7600 kgf (74.5 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner: 12500 kgf (122.6 kN) each
Dimensions/Masses
Length: 21.935 m | Wingspan: 14.7 m | Height: 6.36 m
Wing area: 62.0 m² | Empty weight: 17700 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 34500 kg
Performances
Maximum speed: : Mach 2.0 (2120 km/h) at altitude
Service ceiling: 17300 m
Range: 3000 km at altitude
Armament

Inside: 1 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds
Outside: All versions can carry up to 8t of external stores,
on 12 hardpoints

 

 

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