Russia
Russian Air Force – 73 aircraft as of October 2015[8][77][78][79][80]
Lipetsk Air Base – 8[81]
Akhtubinsk Air base – 6
Voronezh Malshevo Air Base – 24
Morozovsk Air Base – 29[82][83]
Latakia Air base, Syria – 6[67]
Specifications (Su-34)[edit]
Sukhoi Su-34 silhouette
Frontal view of the Su-34
Fixing KAB-500S GLONASS Satellite-guided bombs to a Sukhoi Su-34 at Bassel Al-Assad International Airport, 2015
Su-34 taxiing
Data from Sukhoi data,[84] Gordon and Davison,[85] AF Technology,[86] Airwar.ru,[87] ria.ru[88]
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 23.34 m (72 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
Height: 6.09 m (19 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 62.04 m² (667.8 ft²)
Empty weight: 22,500 kg (49,608 lb)
Loaded weight: 39,000 kg (85,980 lb)
Useful load: 12,000 kg [51] (26,455 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 45,100 kg (99,425 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × 13,500 kgf (132 kN, 29,762 lbf) afterburning thrust Lyulka AL-31FM1[89] turbofans
Internal fuel: 12,100 kg (15,400 l)
Performance
Maximum speed:
High altitude: Mach 1.8+ (≈2,000 km/h, 1,200 mph)
Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (1,400 km/h, 870 mph) at sea level
Cruise speed: unknown
Range: 1,100 km (680 mi) at low level altitude
Combat radius: 1,000+ km (about 680 mi)
Ferry range: 4,000 km (2,490 mi)
Service ceiling: 15,000 m (49,200 ft)
Thrust/weight: 0.68
Maximum g-load: 9g[90]
Armament
Guns: 1× 30 mm GSh-30-1 (9A-4071K) cannon, 150–180 rounds[91]
Hardpoints: 12× wing and fuselage stations with a capacity of 8,000–12,000 kg[51][92] and provisions to carry combinations of:
Rockets:
S-8, S-13, S-25 rocket pods
Missiles:
R-27 (AA-10) air-to-air missile
R-73 (AA-11) air-to-air missile
R-77 (AA-12) air-to-air missile
Kh-29L/T (AS-14) air-to-ground missile
Kh-38 new generation air-to-ground missile with a range of 40 km
Kh-25MT/ML/MP (AS-10) air-to-ground missile or anti-radiation missile
Kh-59M (AS-18) air-to-ground missile
Kh-58 (AS-11) anti-radiation missile
Kh-31 (AS-17) anti-radiation or anti-ship missile
Kh-35 (AS-20) anti-ship missile
P-800 Oniks missile (SS-N-26 Strobile) anti-ship missile (version for the Air Force). Version named "Alpha",[93] weight of 1500 kg with a range of up to 300 km and a speed in the range of numbers M = 2.2-3.0. Officially not in service.[93][94]
Kh-65SE or Kh-SD cruise missile
Bombs:
KAB-500L, KAB-500KR, KAB-500S and KAB-1500L/KR guided bombs
OFAB-250-270, OFAB-100-120, FAB-500T, BETAB-500SHP, P-50T, ODAB-500PM unguided bombs, RBK-500 and SPBE-D cluster bombs, nuclear bombs.
Other:
3,000 litres PTB-3000 Suspended Fuel Tanks, EW and reconnaissance pods.
