Armenian Air Force

Հայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր
Armenian Air Force Su-25 attack aircraft fly in V formation over Yerevan's Republican Square.
Active	August 1992
Country	Armenia
Size	3,500 active personnel
Engagements	Nagorno-Karabakh War
Insignia
Roundel
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-25, Mi-24, L-39
Interceptor	MiG-25
Trainer	L-39, Yak-52, Mi-2
Transport	Il-76 An-12 An-24 An-32 Mi-8, Mi-2

Equipment

The Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) treaty limits Armenia to 100 fixed-wing combat aircraft and 50 attack helicopters.

Fixed-wing aircraft

Aircraft	Type	In Service	Variants	Acquired	Active	Notes
Fighter Aircraft
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25	interceptor aircraft	1991–date	MiG-25PD	1	1
Ground-Attack Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-25	Close air support aircraft	1991–date	total Su-25 Su-25K Su-25UBK	15 5 9 1	15 5 9 1	Ten aircraft acquired from Slovakia in September 2005 are sometimes incorrectly reported as Su-27 fighters.
Trainer Aircraft
Yakovlev Yak-52	Basic trainer aircraft		Yak-52	16	16
Aero L-39 Albatros	Advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft	1991–date	L-39C	4	4	Some have been armed with machine gun pods.
Transport Aircraft
Ilyushin Il-76	Strategic airlifter		Il-76	2	2

Note: Several other aircraft types have been reported from time to time as in Armenian service, but their actual use has been unconfirmed to date by reliable independent sources.

• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23: Some MiG-23 fighters have been reportedly supplied to Armenia, but these claims appear to be Russian aircraft sometimes based at or temporarily deployed to the Russians’ 3624th Air Base airbase at Yerevan until they were replaced by the current MiG-29s.

• Mikoyan MiG-29: Reports of some 18 MiG-29 fighters being delivered to Armenia in 1998-1999 are contemporaneous with and probably confused with the known Russian deployment of 18 MiG-29s to their base at Yerevan.

• Sukhoi Su-17: Some reports during the early years of Armenian independence indicate that the country took control over an unknown number of Su-17/22 fighter-bombers, but there is no firm evidence that Armenia actually ever placed these elderly aircraft into service.

• Sukhoi Su-27: A few recent reports claim Armenia purchased Su-27 air superiority fighters in 2005 and that these were delivered the following year. If accurate, this order covered not only 4 Su-27s, but also a few additional Su-25s and several Mi-24 attack helicopters; however, there has been no clear evidence to date that any of these aircraft have yet been added to the Armenian Air Force’s fleet.
• Yakovlev Yak-40: An Azeri source reports that an Armenian Yak-40 utility transport was shot down by Azeri forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. There is no other confirmation of the Yak-40 as being in Armenian service, so it was more likely a Russian aircraft.

Helicopters

Aircraft	Type	In service	Variants	Acquired	Active	Notes
Attack Helicopters
Mil Mi-24	Attack helicopter	1991–date	total Mi-24K Mi-24P Mi-24R	16 6 8 2	12 2 8 2
Transport and Utility Helicopters
Mil Mi-8/-9/-17	medium transport helicopter	1991–date	total Mi-8T/MT/-17 Mi-9	18 11 7	13 11 2	The Mi-9 is an Airborne command post variant of the Mil Mi-8 transport helicopter. These helicopters are sometimes reported as Mi-8s.
Training Helicopters
Mil Mi-2	light utility helicopter	1991–date	Mi-2	16	9