September 21, 2013: Vietnam has bought another twelve Russian Su-30MK2 jet fighters, for over $46 million each. This will make 36 of this type of aircraft Vietnam has bought in the last eight years.

On paper, Venezuela’s Russian-made Su-30MK2 fighter jets are among the finest in the world—but the country’s ongoing economic crisis has grounded most of them.

Venezuela’s economic conditions have repeatedly undercut the ability of its military to maintain the planes in its fleet. If ...

A Sukhoi of the Uganda People’s Defence Air Force makes a low pass over raft. Uganda People’s Defence Air Force (UPDAF) operates a small fleet of Su-30MK2 aircraft. Six such multirole jets have been ...

Multirole fighters purchased in a 2003 deal through Russia's Rosoboronexport agency China earlier this month took delivery of its first of 24 Sukhoi Su-30MK2 two-seat multirole fighters, acquired ...

Russia has reportedly sold a dozen Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighter jets to its political ally Vietnam. "Last week, a contract was signed t0 supply Vietnam with 12 more Su-30MK2 fighter planes," Russia's ...

A Vietnamese coastguard plane crashed on Thursday near Bach Long Vi Island in the northern province of Hai Phong while searching for the co-pilot of the missing Su-30MK2 fighter jet. A Vietnamese ...

Search teams of the crashed fighter jet Su-30MK2 have found some debris and have been able to pinpoint the exact location of the aircraft’s crash site after 10 days since it went missing near Vietnam ...

Five aircraft, 102 vessels, special vehicles, diving equipment, dozens of automobiles along with 1,500 rescuers joined the search for a missing pilot on jet fighter Su-30MK2. Five aircraft, 102 ...

Technicians are seen giving a Su-30MK2 jet the last check before handing it over to pilots for a drill flight on May 21, 2015. A technician perspires under the scorching heat. Temperatures in hangars ...