According to spotters, on May 25-26, 2022, two new fifth-generation Su-57 fighters received by the Russian Aerospace Forces made an intermediate landing at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo airport during the transfer to their bases in the European part of Russia. Judging by the photos, these two first new Su-57 fighters built in 2022 at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yuri Gagarin (KnAAZ, a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company as part of the UAC) have red tail numbers "53" (registration number RF-81777) and "54" (registration number RF-81778).
Two new Su-57 fighters received by the Russian Aerospace Forces with red tail numbers "53" (registration number RF-81777) and "54" (registration number RF-81778), built in 2022 at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin (KnAAZ, a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company" as part of the UAC), during an intermediate landing at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo airport during the transfer to the bases in the European part of Russia, 05/26/2022 (c) Telegram channel NskPlanes
These two fighters, apparently, are the fifth and sixth serial Su-57 aircraft built by KnAAZ (that is, presumably, the T-50S-5 and T-50S-6 aircraft). According to previously published information, KnAAZ planned to hand over four serial Su-57s to the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2022.
Recall that KnAAZ handed over two previous serial Su-57 fighters to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the end of 2021 - presumably, these were aircraft with serial numbers 52201 (T-50S-3) and 52202 (T-50S-4), which were the third and fourth serial Su-57 built by KnAAZ. Presumably, these were fighters with the tail numbers "02 blue" and "52 blue".
On February 3, 2022, two Su-57 aircraft with red tail numbers "02" (did not carry a registration number) and "52" (had a registration number RF-81775) were filmed at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo airport during the transfer to their bases in the European part of Russia. The Su-57 aircraft with the tail number "02 red" at the same time carried on board the emblem of the 929th State Flight Test Center named after V.P. Chkalov of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan region), and, apparently, was intended for this part. Presumably, the aircraft with the tail number "02 red" previously had the number "02 blue" and is a new aircraft built in 2021 with the serial number 52201 (T-50S-3).
Recall that the first actually received at the end of January 2021 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation serial fighter Su-57 (T-50S-2 aircraft, serial number 51002) produced by KnAAZ received the tail number "01" (originally also blue), and, according to known data, was also transferred to the 929-go GLITZ in Akhtubinsk.
The second Su-57 aircraft with the tail number "52 red", filmed on February 3 in Novosibirsk, was presumably the former last tenth flight prototype of the PAK FA, transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces - the T-50-11 aircraft, previously flying with the tail number "511".
Presumably, he joined the 4th Order of Lenin of the Red Banner Center for Military Tests and Training of Personnel of the V. P. Chkalov Air Force of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the Lipetsk airfield. It can be assumed that the two new serial Su-57s now seen in Novosibirsk with red tail numbers "53" and "54" are also intended for the 4th Center in Lipetsk.
Recall that in August 2018, at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2018", the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and PJSC "Sukhoi Company" signed a contract for the supply to the Armed Forces of the first two serial fighters of the fifth generation Su-57 (in the guise of T-50S - T-50S-1 and T-50C-2) with engines of the "first stage" ("product 117"). The terms of the contract were 2018-2020, with the delivery of one aircraft in 2019 and 2020. In June 2019, at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2019", the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and PJSC "Sukhoi Company" signed a contract for the supply to the Armed Forces of a total of 76 serial fighters of the fifth generation Su-57 (including the first two aircraft contracted in 2018), with a contract term for The year is 2027.
The first serial Su-57 aircraft (T-50S-1 aircraft, serial number 51001, tail number "01 blue"), built at KnAAZ, made its first flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in early December 2019 and was scheduled to be transferred to the Ministry of Defense on December 27, but on December 24, 2019 at the final the factory test stage crashed as a result of an accident, due, presumably, to a malfunction in the aircraft control system.
Flight tests of the second of the two serial samples of the Su-57 fighter contracted in 2018 (T-50S-2 aircraft, serial number 51002) were started in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in October 2020, it also received the tail number "01 blue", and was commissioned in December 2020, but only On January 29, 2021, it was officially transferred To the Ministry of Defense.
Two new Su-57 fighters received by the Russian Aerospace Forces with red tail numbers "53" (registration number RF-81777) and "54" (registration number RF-81778), built in 2022 at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin (KnAAZ, a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company" as part of the UAC), during an intermediate landing at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo airport during the transfer to the bases in the European part of Russia, 05/26/2022 (c) NskPlanes Telegram Channel
Two new Su-57 fighters received by the Russian Aerospace Forces with red tail numbers "53" (registration number RF-81777) and "54" (registration number RF-81778), built in 2022 at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin (KnAAZ, a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company" as part of the UAC), during an intermediate landing at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo airport during the transfer to the bases in the European part of Russia, 25.05.2022 (c) Boris Semenov / vk.com/nskspotting
