Editing Sukhoi Su-27 (section)

== Operators ==
[[File:All Sukhoi Su-27 operators.png|400px|thumb|Operators of the Su-27 {{legend|#1300ff|Current}}{{legend|#ff0000|Former}}]]

=== Current ===
;{{ANG}}
: [[People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola]] – Seven Su-27s in service as of January 2013.<ref name=2013_Aero>"World Military Aircraft Inventory". ''2013 Aerospace: Aviation Week and Space Technology'', January 2013.</ref> Three were bought from Belarus in 1998. Received a total of eight.<ref name="Су-27 сняты с вооружения в Белоруссии">{{cite web |url= http://bmpd.livejournal.com/407154.html |title=Су-27 сняты с вооружения в Белоруссии |trans-title=Su-27s disarmed in Belarus |language=ru |date=15 December 2012 |website=BMPD |access-date=16 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121219154555/http://bmpd.livejournal.com/407154.html |archive-date=19 December 2012}}</ref> One was reportedly shot down on 19 November 2000 by a 9K34 Strela-3 MANPADS during the [[Angolan Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/su-27/su-27_operators.htm |title= Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker Operators |first=Niels |last=Hillebrand |website= Milavia |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080927063808/http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/su-27/su-27_operators.htm |archive-date=27 September 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
;{{CHN}}
: [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] (PLAAF) – 78 Su-27 delivered between 1990 and 2010. 32 Su-27UBK are in service as of 2022.<ref name="IISS2022_p261">[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]: The Military Balance 2022, p.261</ref>
;{{ERI}}
:[[Eritrean Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2021">{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=75345 |date=4 December 2020 |title=World Air Forces 2021 |website=FlightGlobal |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210005436/https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=75345 |archive-date=10 February 2021 |access-date= 27 February 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> ordered 2 during the [[Eritrean–Ethiopian War|Ethiopian-Eritrean War]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
;{{ETH}}
:[[Ethiopian Air Force]] – up to 17 Su-27S, Su-27P, Su-27UB sourced second–hand from Russia in two different batches: 9 starting from 1998 and 8 starting from 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title= Trade Registers |website= [[SIPRI]] |access-date= 5 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 April 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |url-status= live }}</ref> Some crashed over the years.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2019/10/ethiopian-air-force-sukhoi-su-27-fighter-jet-crash-no-survivors |title=Ethiopian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet crash, no survivors |first=Patrick |last=Kenyette |date=13 October 2019 |website=African Military |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191207021909/https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2019/10/ethiopian-air-force-sukhoi-su-27-fighter-jet-crash-no-survivors |archive-date=2019-12-07}}</ref>
;{{IDN}}
: [[Indonesian Air Force]] – 5 Su-27SKM in service. Two Su-27SK and three Su-27SKM fighters were delivered in 2003 and 2010 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |first=Arief |last=Nurrachman |url=https://kompaspedia.kompas.id/baca/infografik/kronologi/perjalanan-pesawat-tempur-sukhoi-indonesia |title=Pesawat Tempur Sukhoi Milik Indonesia |website=[[Kompas|Kompas.id]] |date=10 August 2022 |access-date=31 December 2024 |language=ID}}</ref> In 2017 Indonesia upgraded its two Su-27SK to SKM standard.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 August 2017 |title=Dua Su-27SK(M) Kembali Perkuat Indonesia |url=https://jakartagreater.com/135960/dua-su-27skm-kembali-perkuat-indonesia |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=jakartagreater.com |language=id |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110044724/https://jakartagreater.com/135960/dua-su-27skm-kembali-perkuat-indonesia/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="indonésie red samovar">{{cite web |title= [Dossier] Le Flanker en Indonésie |url= https://redsamovar.com/2018/03/17/dossier-le-flanker-en-indonesie/ |website= Red Samovar |date= 17 March 2018 |access-date= 28 August 2022 |archive-date= 28 August 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220828095001/https://redsamovar.com/2018/03/17/dossier-le-flanker-en-indonesie/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
;{{KAZ}}
: [[Kazakh Air Defense Forces]] – 20 Su-27/Su-27BM2, 3 Su-27UB/UBM2{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
[[File:A Kazakh Sukhoi Su-27P(modified).jpg|thumb|A Su-27 of the Kazakh Air Force taking off]]
;{{RUS}}
: [[Russian Aerospace Forces]] – 101 Su-27s in service as of 2021.<ref name="IISS212">{{Citation | publisher =International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |date=2021 |title=The Military Balance}}</ref>{{Page needed |date=July 2023}} 359 Su-27 aircraft, including 225 Su-27s, 70 Su-27SMs, 12 Su-27SM3s, and 52 Su-27UBs were in service as of January 2014.<ref name=2014_Aero>"World Military Aircraft Inventory". ''2014 Aerospace: Aviation Week and Space Technology'', January 2014</ref> Less than 422 Su-27s are in service as of 2025 according to World Air Forces.<ref name="World Air Forces 2025">{{cite news |last= Hoyle |first= Craig |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=106507|title= World Air Forces 2025|publisher= [[FlightGlobal]] |year=2025 |doi= |access-date= 3 February 2025}}</ref> A modernization program began in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.samara-airlines.ru/su-27-predlagayut-spisat/ |title=Су-27 предлагают списать |trans-title=Su-27 is proposed to be decommissioned |language=ru |date=18 June 2011 |website=[[Samara Airlines]] |access-date=1 April 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150629004437/http://www.samara-airlines.ru/su-27-predlagayut-spisat/ |archive-date=29 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://lenta.ru/news/2011/11/03/su27sm/ |title=ВВС России получат восемь новых истребителей Су-27СМ |trans-title=Russian Air Force to receive eight new Su-27SM fighters |language=ru |date= November 3, 2011 |website=Lenta.ru |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141019221137/http://lenta.ru/news/2011/11/03/su27sm/ |archive-date=19 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>''Air Forces Monthly'', December 2010.</ref> Half of the Su-27 fleet had reportedly been modernized in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2012/0313/100511974/detail.shtml |title=Авиапарк Су-27 ВВС РФ модернизирован более чем на 50%, до конца года ожидается поступление первых шести серийных Су-35 |trans-title=The Su-27 fleet of the Russian Air Force has been modernized by more than 50%, the first six serial Su-35s are expected to arrive by the end of the year |language=ru |date=13 March 2012 |website=Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150602132737/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2012/0313/100511974/detail.shtml |archive-date=2 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Russian Aerospace Forces were receiving aircraft modernized to the SM3 standard as of 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://vpk-news.ru/news/22219 |title=Летчики ЮВО получат более 40 единиц авиатехники |trans-title=Pilots of the Southern Military District will receive more than 40 aircraft |language=ru |date= October 10, 2014 |website=vpk-news.ru |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105041222/http://vpk-news.ru/news/22219 |archive-date=5 November 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1030/143549399/detail.shtml |title=Истребительная авиация ЮВО пополнилась модернизированными самолетами Су-27СМ3 |trans-title= Fighter aviation of the Southern Military District replenished with modernized Su-27SM3 aircraft |language=ru |date=October 30, 2018 |website=Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181120055203/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1030/143549399/detail.shtml |archive-date=20 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1119/101549683/detail.shtml |title=Истребительная авиация ЮВО пополнилась звеном новых модернизированных самолетов Су-27СМ3 |trans-title=Fighter aviation of the Southern Military District was replenished with a flight of new modernized Su-27SM3 aircraft |language=ru |date=19 November 2018 |website=Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181120015214/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1119/101549683/detail.shtml |archive-date=20 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1229/145550370/detail.shtml |title=Истребительная авиация ЮВО пополнилась звеном новых модернизированных самолетов Су-27СМ3 поколения 4++ |trans-title= Fighter aviation of the Southern Military District has been replenished with a flight of new modernized Su-27SM3 aircraft of the 4++ generation |language=ru |date=29 December 2018 |website= Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181231194303/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1229/145550370/detail.shtml |archive-date=31 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
:* [[3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment]], [[4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army]]
:* [[159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment]], [[6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army]]
As of 4 March 2025, Russia lost 2 Su-27 and one damaged on ground during Russia - Ukraine war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=List Of Aircraft Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/03/list-of-aircraft-losses-during-2022.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Oryx}}</ref>
: [[Russian Naval Aviation|Russian Navy]] – 53 Su-27s in use as of January 2014<ref name="2014_Aero" />
;{{UKR}}
: [[Ukrainian Air Force]] – 70 Su-27s in inventory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mil.in.ua/vynyschuvachi/su-27 |title=Су-27 |website= Ukrainian military portal |language=uk |date=13 October 2009 |access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120118095037/http://mil.in.ua/vynyschuvachi/su-27 |archive-date= 18 January 2012}}</ref> It had 34 Su-27s in service as of March 2019.<ref name="KyivPost2019">{{cite news |last=Ponomarenko |first=Illia |author-link=Illia Ponomarenko |date=15 March 2019 |title=Ukraine's Air Force rebuilds amidst war |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukraines-air-force-rebuilds-amid-war.html |work=[[Kyiv Post]] |location=Kyiv, Ukraine |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108020124/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukraines-air-force-rebuilds-amid-war.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
: As of 4 March 2025, Ukraine lost 16 Su-27 during Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=List Of Aircraft Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/03/list-of-aircraft-losses-during-2022.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Oryx}}</ref>
;{{USA}}
: [[United States Air Force]] – Two Su-27Ps were delivered to the U.S. in 1995 from Belarus.<ref name="milavia">{{cite web |url= http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/su-27/su-27_operators.htm |title=Su-27 Flanker Operators List |first=Niels |last=Hillebrand |date=11 October 2008 |website=Milavia |access-date=12 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927063808/http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/su-27/su-27_operators.htm |archive-date=27 September 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfnp|Gordon|Davison|2006|p=101}} Two Su-27UBs were bought from Ukraine in 2009 by a private company, Pride Aircraft for sale to civilians.<ref>{{cite web |first=Joseph |last=Trevithick |url=https://www.twz.com/su-27-that-mysteriously-vanished-after-private-sale-resurfaces |title=Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces |website=TWZ.com |date=27 September 2023 |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Moreno |last=Aguiari |url=https://vintageaviationnews.com/aviation-museum-news/sukhoi-su-27-arrives-at-the-national-museum-of-the-united-states-air-force.html |title=Sukhoi Su-27 Arrives at the National Museum of The United States Air Force |website=vintageaviationnews.com |date=2 October 2023 |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref> The aircraft was bought by USAF in 2011 and one of them was retired in 2023.<ref name="Cenciotti">{{cite web |first=David |last=Cenciotti |url=https://theaviationist.com/2024/04/02/air-force-confirms-su-27-flanker-on-display-at-dayton-museum-was-bought-by-usaf-in-2011/ |title=Air Force Confirms Su-27 Flanker On Display At Dayton Museum Was Bought By USAF In 2011 |website=theaviationist.com |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=31 December 2024 }}</ref> They have been spotted operating over [[Area 51]] for evaluation and training purposes.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://theaviationist.com/2017/01/06/these-crazy-photos-show-a-russian-su-27-flanker-dogfighting-with-a-u-s-air-force-f-16-inside-area-51/ |title=These crazy photos show a Russian Su-27 Flanker dogfighting with a U.S. Air Force F-16 inside Area 51 |first=David |last=Cenciotti |date=6 January 2017 |website=The Aviationist |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190207050008/https://theaviationist.com/2017/01/06/these-crazy-photos-show-a-russian-su-27-flanker-dogfighting-with-a-u-s-air-force-f-16-inside-area-51/ |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
;{{UZB}}
: [[Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces]] – 34 Su-27s in use as of January 2013<ref name="2013_Aero" />
;{{VIE}}
: [[Vietnam People's Air Force]] – 9 Su-27SKs and 3 Su-27UBKs in use as of January 2013<ref name="2013_Aero" />

=== Potential ===
;{{PRK}}
: [[Korean People's Army Air Force]] − According to Admiral [[Samuel Paparo]], commander of the [[United States Indo-Pacific Command]], North Korea is set to receive an unknown number of Su-27 and MiG-29 aircraft from Russia in exchange for Pyongyang [[North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia|sending troops for the war in Ukraine]]. ''The War Zone'' states that Russia is unlikely to transfer them in the short term at least.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |title=Russia Giving North Korea MiG-29s And Su-27s Isn't That Straightforward |url=https://www.twz.com/air/russia-giving-north-korea-mig-29s-and-su-27s-isnt-that-straightforward |access-date=25 December 2024 |work=The War Zone |date=10 December 2024}}</ref>

=== Former ===
;{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}}
: [[Belarusian Air Force]] − Inherited 23-28 Su-27s from the former 61st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name= "milavia" /> They had 22 in service as of December 2010.<ref name= FI_AirForces_2010>"Directory: World Air Forces". ''[[Flight International]]'', 14–20 December 2010.</ref> Nine Su-27s were sold to Angola in 1998. Belarus had operated 17 Su-27P and 4 Su-27UBM1 aircraft before their retirement in December 2012.<ref name="Су-27 сняты с вооружения в Белоруссии" /><ref>{{cite web |url= http://bmpd.livejournal.com/407154.html |title=Су-27 сняты с вооружения в Белоруссии |trans-title=Su-27s disarmed in Belarus |language=ru |date=December 15, 2012 |website=BPMD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219154555/http://bmpd.livejournal.com/407154.html |archive-date=19 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/2014-global-news-worldwide-world-international-air-force-aviation/january-2014-global-news-worldwide-world-international-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-defence-/993-belarus-to-modernize-its-fleet-of-sukhoi-su-27-jet-fighter.html |title=Belarus to modernize its fleet of Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighter |date=31 January 2014 |website=Air Recognition |access-date=1 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140201160930/http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/2014-global-news-worldwide-world-international-air-force-aviation/january-2014-global-news-worldwide-world-international-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-defence-/993-belarus-to-modernize-its-fleet-of-sukhoi-su-27-jet-fighter.html |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status= live}}</ref>
;{{USSR}}
: [[Soviet Air Force]]{{sfn|Defense Intelligence Agency|1988|page=80}} − Passed to different successor nations in 1991.
: [[Soviet Air Defence Forces]] − Over 100 Su-27s in 1988, according to US intelligence.{{sfn|Defense Intelligence Agency|1988|page=81}}

=== Private ownership ===
According to the U.S. [[FAA]] there are two privately owned Su-27s in the U.S., as of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Inquiry.aspx | work= FAA Registry | title= Aircraft - Make / Model Inquiry | publisher= Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=1 April 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402052315/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/acftref_inquiry.aspx |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Two Su-27UB from the Ukrainian Air Force were demilitarised and sold to Pride Aircraft of Rockford, Illinois. Pride Aircraft modified some of the aircraft to their own desires by remarking all cockpit controls in English and replacing much of the Russian avionics suite with Garmin, Bendix/King, and Collins avionics. The aircraft were both sold to private owners for approximately $5&nbsp;million each.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.prideaircraft.com/flanker.htm |title=Sukhoi SU-27 Flankers |website=Pride Aircraft |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124012544/http://www.prideaircraft.com/flanker.htm |archive-date=24 November 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The United States Air Force bought the aircraft in 2011 and in 2023 one of them was preserved at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.<ref name="Cenciotti"/>

On 30 August 2010, the ''[[Financial Times]]'' claimed that a Western private training support company ECA Program placed a US$1.5 billion order with Belarusian state arms dealer BelTechExport for 15 unarmed Su-27s (with an option on 18 more) to organize a [[dissimilar air combat training]] school in the former NATO airbase in Keflavik, Iceland, with deliveries due by the end of 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de571c4e-b460-11df-8208-00144feabdc0.html |title=Cold war base to be private 'Top Gun' school |work= [[Financial Times]] |first=Andrew |last=Ward |date=30 August 2010 |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145613/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de571c4e-b460-11df-8208-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2zyb2deUj |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>''Air International'' October 2010, p. 9.</ref> A September 2010 media report by [[RIA Novosti]], the state-owned news agency, questioned the existence of the agreement.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.ria.ru/world/20100901/160423765.html |title=NATO 'no comment' on Russian warplane deal report |date=1 September 2010 |website=RIA Novosti |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140727003245/http://en.ria.ru/world/20100901/160423765.html |archive-date=27 July 2014 |url-status= dead}}</ref> No further developments on such a plan have been reported by 2014, while a plan for upgrading and putting the retired Belarusian Air Force Su-27 fleet back to service was reported in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://english.cntv.cn/20140201/100877.shtml |title=Belarus to upgrade its Su-27 fighters |date=1 February 2014 |website=[[China Network Television]] |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150304222605/http://english.cntv.cn/20140201/100877.shtml |archive-date=4 March 2015 |url-status= dead}}</ref>