Vietnamese People's Airforce

Belarusian-Vietnamese radar RV-02



The network has high-quality photos of the RV-02 radar, which is an improved version of the Vostok-E radar, developed jointly with the Republic of Belarus.

In 2013, the Vietnam Air Force, in the framework of the replacement of obsolete P-18 radar from the Soviet era, considered the possibility of purchasing a mobile solid-state digital two-coordinate radar RV-01 / Vostok-E, developed by the Belarusian JSC Design Bureau Radar "). Whether a contract was signed for the supply of stations is not known reliably [Vietnam has been supplied with at least one radar. - bmpd], but already in 2014, Vietnamese media reported that the Institute of Military Sciences and Technology of Vietnam's Armed Forces developed the radar RV-02, which is an upgraded version of the Vostok-E radar developed jointly with the Republic of Belarus. Externally, this station is no different from the Belarusian prototype.

As the Vietnamese Internet portal Soha.vn informs, the first 3 complexes of the RV-02 radar were put into trial operation in the Vietnam Air Force. These radars can effectively detect modern unobtrusive fighters, including the J-20 being developed in China. The station is characterized by increased noise immunity, secrecy, reliability and mobility.





http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2578330.html

Military transport aircraft C-295M of the 918th transport regiment of the Air Force of the Vietnam People's Army

Vietnam received three Airbus C-295M military transport aircraft for a contract worth about $ 100 million, concluded with the Airbus group at the end of 2013. All three planes with Vietnamese aircraft numbers "8901" (serial number 0123), "8902" (serial number 0128) and "8903" (serial number 0132) were delivered in the first half of 2015.





http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2668157.html

d_taddei2 wrote:With Vietnam replacing it's mig-21 etc with
su-30 I would imagine that they will start to look at su-22 replacement any news on this? Will they just buy more su-30 or maybe su-34? It something else?

maybe su-30 replace both types

Vietnam Air Force received two basic patrol aircraft NC212i MSA Indonesian production

According to the Vietnamese web resource BaoDaoViet, on May 22, 2018, two light base patrol aircraft NC212i MSA arrived in Vietnam's Ziaalam air base near Hanoi, built for the Air Force of the Vietnamese People's Army by the Indonesian state-owned aircraft association PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) at the company in Bandung. The planes have Vietnamese military numbers "8991" and "8992" and will be part of the 918th aviation brigade based on Zialam.



Vietnam has signed a contract with PTDI to supply three NC212i MSA aircraft in early 2016. Earlier it was reported that it should be aircraft for the Vietnamese Coast Guard (already using three Airbus C-212-400MRA patrol aircraft of the original Spanish built in 2012, also based on Zyalam - one more aircraft was lost in June 2016), but the NC212i MSA bear the color of the Vietnam Air Force. The third ordered NC212i should arrive in Vietnam later this year.

NC212i is a localized PTDI version of the world's most popular Spanish light CASA C-212 Aviocar transport aircraft in its latest modification, the C-212-400. Previously, an Indonesian company has been operating in Bandung since 1976 under the CASA license for C-212-100 and C-212-200 aircraft under the designation NC-212 (136 planes were built in total). Under the agreement of 2012, the European association EADS / Airbus (which included the Spanish CASA) transferred to PTDI all the rights for the further production of C-212 (C-212-400) aircraft, which were finally discontinued in Spain by the end of 2013. The modified C-212-400 was set up by the release in Bandung as part of a joint production under the designation NC212i from 2014.

The first NC212i was built in Thailand for Thailand in 2014, then PTDI received contracts for the delivery of five NC212i aircraft in the base patrol version of MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) - two for the Philippines Air Force and the three above for the Vietnam Air Force. PTDI was faced with difficulties in manufacturing and integrating the equipment of these aircraft and disrupted the contractual deadlines, so all five NC212i MSA were started to be delivered to both customers only this year.

As a further development of the NC212i based on its PTDI, the N219 was developed, featuring an enlarged and more capacious fuselage, the first prototype of which made its first flight on August 16, 2017.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3215693.html

Great picture of a Vietnamese SU-30MK2 with 2 KH-29TE anti ship missiles under its wings - 320 Kg warhead.

Complex simulators Su-30MK2 and Su-22M4 made in Vietnam

US to supply 12 T-6C Texan II trainers to Vietnam

At a press conference in Hanoi (Vietnam) on December 9, 2022 of the American delegation at the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2022 (VIDEX-2022), the representative of the US Air Force Command in the Pacific, Brigadier General Sarah Russ , said that the United States will supply Vietnam 12 Beechcraft T-6 Texan II turboprop trainers from 2024 to 2027. Pilots of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Vietnam People's Army,


Senior Lieutenant Dang Duc Toai (right) and Junior Lieutenant Doan Van Kan during training on the Beechcraft T-6A Texan II training aircraft in the USA at Columbus Air Force Base (Mississippi), 2019 (c) embassy USA in Vietnam

The planes, most likely, will be delivered to Vietnam at the expense of American military assistance. General Sara Russ said the first three aircraft will be delivered to the Vietnamese side in the first quarter of 2024, two or three more at the end of 2024, and the remaining six or seven "before or in 2027."

In turn, on December 10 at the VIDEX-2022 exhibition, Tom Webster, vice president of defense sales of the Textron Aviation Defense division of Textron Corporation, which owns the production of Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft, announced that the first of the planned T-6C Texan II aircraft will be delivered to the Vietnamese side at the end of 2023.

“In 2021, Vietnam ordered the T-6C Texan II to replace their old Yakovlev Yak-52 trainers. However, Texan II, as a more advanced aircraft, can provide training for pilots from the initial stage to advanced operational training,” said Tom Webster, “The company is open to additional orders for both the T-6C and AT-6 if the need arises. ".

In 2018-2019, two Air Force and Air Defense pilots of the Vietnam People's Army were trained in the United States on a 52-week course on T-6A Texan II aircraft as part of the so-called US Air Force Aviation Leadership Program (ALP), the training was funded by the US side.

Recall that at the beginning of 2021, the US Air Force issued a formal request to industry regarding the planned supply to Vietnam at the expense of American funding of three Beechcraft T-6C Texan II training aircraft, and at the beginning of June 2021, the US Air Force confirmed the conclusion of the corresponding contract. In August 2021, it was announced that the program for the delivery of T-6S aircraft to Vietnam would be expanded to six units, and now, as we can see, the intention to deliver 12 aircraft has already been announced.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4629787.html