Flanker Export Thread

[Sandhi Yudha]

The F-15EX was created to replace the F-15C/D in performing homeland and air defense missions and also serve as an 'affordable' platform for employing large stand-off weapons to augment the frontline F-22 and F-35. But the package offered to Indonesia has such an insanely high pricetag, specially compared to more recent acquisitions like the 32 F-35 for Rumania for 'only' $7,2 billion, it will be unwise to still go for the F-15EX, even when they have some superior flight performance and weaponload compared to the F-35.

So maybe the photosession inside the Su-57 is just for fun and/or a stimulance to the US government to come with a better offer.
Until now we only see wild rumours, speculations and daydreaming of 'insiders and online experts', so lets wait and see what happen in the next 5 years.

 

[Feanor]

There are reports Iran has received their first Su-35SE. If true, it would be a substantial improvement for the Iranian Air Force. And in principle Russian fighter jet production outpaces war losses by a decent margin making it possible to sustain the war effort and export some aircraft.

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[koxinga]

There are reports Iran has received their first Su-35SE. If true, it would be a substantial improvement for the Iranian Air Force. And in principle Russian fighter jet production outpaces war losses by a decent margin making it possible to sustain the war effort and export some aircraft.

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As I understand, the reasons for the delay was Iranian insistence on some form of production / assemble / tech transfer. Was this resolved?

I imagine it would be an arrangement similar to HAL/India.

 

[Feanor]

As I understand, the reasons for the delay was Iranian insistence on some form of production / assemble / tech transfer. Was this resolved?

I imagine it would be an arrangement similar to HAL/India.

I don't have any information to suggest that, the claims of first deliveries involve completed aircraft brought over by An-124 to Iran. We also don't have confirmation yet.

bmpd

Немецкий журнал Flug Revue посвященный аэрокосмической тематике пишет, что якобы 18 ноября в ходе церемонии прошедшей на территории авиазавода в Комсомольске-на-Амуре, иранской стороне были официально переданы первые два Су-35СЭ. После этого самолеты были в разобранном виде доставлены с помощью...

t.me

 

[koxinga]

I don't have any information to suggest that, the claims of first deliveries involve completed aircraft brought over by An-124 to Iran. We also don't have confirmation yet.

bmpd

Немецкий журнал Flug Revue посвященный аэрокосмической тематике пишет, что якобы 18 ноября в ходе церемонии прошедшей на территории авиазавода в Комсомольске-на-Амуре, иранской стороне были официально переданы первые два Су-35СЭ. После этого самолеты были в разобранном виде доставлены с помощью...

t.me

The source appears to be a Flugrevue article, which was written by Babak Tagvhee. He is pretty much anti-Iran regime but is well informed and written various articles on Iranian aviation.

Die ersten Suchoi Su-35SE sind im Iran: alle Fakten zur Lieferung aus Russland

Lange war der Deal unklar, vor einem Jahr dann die Bestätigung: Der Iran erhält Su-35SE aus Russland. Jetzt haben die Russen die ersten Super-Flanker nach Teheran geliefert. Doch es sollen deutlich mehr werden, als zunächst bekannt.

www.flugrevue.de

A version of it is found here. As for how reliable, I guess we will need to wait and see.

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[Sandhi Yudha]

It seems that the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'iriya (Force Aérienne Algérienne) already received an amount of Su-35 multirole fighters. The Su-35 fighters were originally manufactured for Egypt, which placed an order in 2018 but later withdrew due to american CAATSA pressure.

Reports indicate that Algeria has acquired 14 of the 28 aircraft originally built for Egypt.

First Su-35 for Algerian Air Force

First Su-35 for Algerian Air Force Recently, the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'iriya (Force Aérienne Algérienne, Algerian Air Force) began operating the Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraf...

scramble.nl

With this Algeria has become officially the third Su-35 user. Here we have a video posted on Twitter.
https://x.com/Algeristarship/status/1900170446907027848?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1900170446907027848|twgr^ffbca94fe46eb3d1a99f1ed9195e4a2555b37449|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://carroemotos.com.br/algerije-koopt-su-35-gevechtsvliegtuigen-van-rusland/

 

[SABRE]

In het kort:

|"It seems that the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'iriya (Force Aérienne Algérienne) already received an amount of Su-35 multirole fighters. The Su-35 fighters were originally manufactured for Egypt, which placed an order in 2018 but later withdrew due to american CAATSA pressure.

Reports indicate that Algeria has acquired 14 of the 28 aircraft originally built for Egypt."|

First Su-35 for Algerian Air Force

First Su-35 for Algerian Air Force Recently, the al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'iriya (Force Aérienne Algérienne, Algerian Air Force) began operating the Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraf...

scramble.nl

With this Algeria has become officially the third Su-35 user. Here we have a video posted on Twitter.
https://x.com/Algeristarship/status/1900170446907027848?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1900170446907027848|twgr^ffbca94fe46eb3d1a99f1ed9195e4a2555b37449|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://carroemotos.com.br/algerije-koopt-su-35-gevechtsvliegtuigen-van-rusland/

They were speculated to buy Su-57

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

They were speculated to buy Su-57

Yes, and there were also serious plans to order the Su-34, but until now there is only news about the Su-35, because of the recent training flights.