Aircraft Inventory
In September–October 2010, Azerbaijan purchased 24 Mi-35M from Rostvertol. 8 of them have been delivered in the end of the first quarter of 2012 and four more in August 2012.
With the arrival of the MiG-29s, the Air Force appears to have retired the MiG-25 aircraft that it used to fly from Nasosnaya Air Base. IISS estimates in 2007 reported 26 as still in service; other figures previously placed the total as high as 38.
The Air Force retains in store L-29 and L-39 fighter training aircraft produced in the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
Azerbaijan also manufactures Israeli-designed spy planes. Among the licensed pilotless spy plane is the Orbiter-2M and the Aerostar. Both are manufactured at the government-owned Azad Systems Company plant near Baku. The head of the Defense Industry, Yaver Jamalov, said that by the end of 2011 a total of 60 UAVs will be produced.
| Aircraft | Type | Versions | Active | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighter Aircraft | ||||||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | Fighter | MiG-21MF Fishbed-J | 4 | (IISS 2007: 1 in store) | ||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 | Interceptor | MiG-25PD Foxbat-E Read more about this topic: Azerbaijani Air Forces | ||||