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Angola
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| Luanda, Angola, 2002; Angola purchased eight Su-27S/UBs from Russia, in mid-2000, one of which was lost already on 19 November of the same year, while flown by the Ukrainian mercenary pilot Igor Valenchenko. The UNITA claimed to have shot the aircraft down by SA-14 MANPADs. The lost aircraft reportedly wore the serial "272". It remains unknown if it was replaced by Russians or not. The Su-27UB shown here wears a pretty spectacular disruptive camo pattern in two shades of green, applied in a manner similar to that used previously on Egyptian MiG-21s, the so-called "Mauve", or "Nile Valley" pattern, and a shade of yellow, which is somewhere between light sand, tan, and lemon. Sadly, there is only one - and pretty poor - photo of them ever published, and the details of the camo pattern around the cockpit are probably not very precise. On that photo the serial is missing - it cannot be seen anywhere on the aircraft, and - strangely enough for FAN aircraft - no national markings can be made out either. (All artworks by Jan Mikes, unless otherwise stated)
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Belarus
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| Su-27S "Red 47" in a unique, green-grey camo scheme, no particular details about this machine are known.
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| Su-27S "Blue 26" of Belarus AF, as seen at Machulishchi AB, in 2005. The plane wears a camouflage patter of uniform-blue scheme, which is believed to be a new standard for Belarussian Su-27s. Colour fields in this pattern are in the same position and of the same size as on the earlier Soviet scheme, but colours are more bright and contrasting. Belarus currently operates some 25 Flankers.
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China
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| 1st Regiment, 1st Division PLAAF, Anshan AFB, Liaoning Province.
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| 6th Regiment, 2nd Division, PLAAF, Suixi AFB, Guangdong Province.
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Eritrea
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| Komsomol'sk-on-Amur, early 2003; ERAF acquired a total of eight Su-27s and two Su-27UBs. The later are serialed 601 and 602, while single-seaters are in the 603 thru 610 row. It is still unknown which units flies the type, but Eritrean Flankers are regularly seen on the military side of Asmara IAP. They wear an apparently standardized splinter camouflage scheme, which might be based on that worn by the Ukrainian Flankers. Note that the fin flash was applied in a different manner than on MiG-29s previously. It is also unknown if the title "ERAF" was applied anywhere on the aircraft since their arrival in Eritrea: this was a practice on most of the other types in service with the Eritrean Air Force at earlier times.
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Ethiopia
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| Debre Zelt, Ethiopia, January 1999; in December 1998 and January 1999 Ethiopia received six ex-Russian Air Force Su-27S and two Su-27US' directly from Russia. The aircraft were disassembled at the Krasnodar AB, before transport to Debre Zelt, where they entered the service with either the No. 5 Sqn EtAF, and were initially mainly flown by Russian instructors. One of these, Col. Vyacheslaw Myzin, crashed during a demonstration flight for VIPs over Debre Zelt, on 6 January 1999. Myzin ejected safely, but his Ethiopian pupil - Flt.Lt. Abaniyeh - was killed. A replacement aircraft was rushed to Ethiopia and the EtAF Su-27s became operational within only one month, so that by February of the same year they could already fly CAPs along the embattled border to Eritrea. The plane wears the standard Russian AF camouflage. National markings are apparently worn on fins only: photographs showing Su-27s wearing national markings on wings as well, were all "doctored". The serials, applied on the fin in black, are not - as previously reported - in the "18xx" range, but there are disputes between our sources in this regards, and because of this we have only marked their position.
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India
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| IAF Su-30MKI "023": This operational Indian machine is in service with No.20 Squadron "The Lightnings" , based at Lohegaon. This machine was shown on Static Display at Mumbai Airshow 2004 with the anti-glare panel in front of the canopy.
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| IAF Su-30MKI "024":This operational Indian machine is in service with No.20 Squadron "The Lightnings", based at Lohegaon. Some of the machines carry squadron symbol painted on the fin.
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Indonesia
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| TS-2701 is the first out of two Su-27SKs delivered to Indonesia. The type entered service with 11 Skvadron, based at Iswahyudi AB.
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