As [...] the Ministry of defense of Kazakhstan reported on December 23, 2020, a flight of new su-30SM multi-purpose aircraft arrived at the Karaganda aviation base named After hero of the Soviet Union Nurken Abdirov. From the Russian Federation, the aircraft were driven by experienced test pilots of the Irkut aviation plant.
New su-30SM fighters (red tail numbers " 20 " and "21"), which arrived at the 610th air base of the air defense Forces of Kazakhstan. Karaganda, 23.12.2020 (C) Ministry of defense of Kazakhstan
At the air base, the aircraft were met by the Minister of defense of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant General Nurlan Yermekbayev, commander-in-chief of the air defense Forces of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant General of aviation Nurlan Ormanbetov, akim of Karaganda region Zhenis kassymbek. Defense Minister Lieutenant General Nurlan Yermekbayev noted that new aviation equipment is being delivered to the air force according to the plan of rearmament of the armed Forces of Kazakhstan.
Comment of bmpd. Thus, the 610th air base of the Air defense Forces of Kazakhstan in Karaganda received four more su-30SM fighters of the new production of the Irkutsk aviation plant (IAZ) PJSC "Corporation" Irkut "with red side numbers from" 19 " to "22". Earlier, on November 7 [...], the first four su-30SM aircraft with red tail numbers, presumably from "01" to "04", arrived at the 610th air base. the 610th air base in Karaganda became the second part of the Kazakhstan air defense SYSTEM to receive aircraft of this type.
Earlier, 16 su-30SM aircraft were received by the 604th air base of the Kazakhstan air defense MINISTRY in Taldy-Kurgan. The total number of su-30SM received by Kazakhstan eventually reached 24 units.
The 610th air base in Karaganda has one squadron of MiG-31 fighter-interceptors, now numbering ten aircraft (eight MiG-31B/BSM and two MiG-31DZ), which were repaired and partially modernized in Russia from 2009 to 2014 at the 514th aircraft repair plant in Rzhev. According to a number of reports, the Ministry of defense of Kazakhstan has abandoned plans to modernize and re-repair these MiG-31s, which in this regard will be written off in the next few years. It is possible that the su-30SM fighters in the 610th air base began to arrive to replace the MiG-31 interceptors.
It is known that Kazakhstan has previously signed three contracts for the purchase of a total of 24 su-30SM fighters produced by IAZ. Under the first contract signed in 2014, worth about 5 billion rubles, Kazakhstan received four su-30SM fighters with red tail numbers from " 01 " to " 04 "(serial numbers, respectively, from 10MK5 1118 to 1120 and 1201), which arrived in Taldy-Kurgan in April 2015.
In December 2015, Kazakhstan signed a second contract for eight additional su-30SM fighters, under which the Kazakh air defense FORCES received the first two aircraft (red tail numbers "05" and "06", serial numbers 10MK5 1315 and 10MK5 1316) in December 2016, two more aircraft (red tail numbers " 07 " and "08", serial numbers 10MK5 1507 and 10MK5 1508) - in December 2017, and the remaining four su-30SM fighters - in December 2018 (red tail numbers "09", "10", "11" and "12", serial numbers respectively from 10MK5 1603 to 10MK5 1606).
In August 2017, Russia and Kazakhstan signed a three-year framework contract for the supply of 12 more su-30SM aircraft, under which a firm contract was signed in may 2018 for the supply of eight fighters in 2019-2020. The first four aircraft under this contract, with red tail numbers, presumably from " 14 " to "17", were delivered in 2020 (according to other sources, in fact at the end of 2019) to Taldy-Kurgan. now, in November and December 2020, eight more su-30SM will be delivered to the 610th air base in Karaganda.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of defense of Kazakhstan plans to purchase a total of 36 su-30SM aircraft.
New su-30SM fighters (red tail numbers " 19 " and "20"), which arrived at the 610th air base of the air defense Forces of Kazakhstan. Karaganda, 23.12.2020 (C) Ministry of defense of Kazakhstan
