| Fighters
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| Alekseyev | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
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| I-21/211/215 | 3 | - | None | * |
| Grigorovich | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| I-1 | 1 | - | None | * |
| I-2 & I-2bis | 211 | 1924-? | None | * |
| DI-3 | 1 | - | None | * |
| I-Z | 73 | 1933-1936 | None | * |
| IP-1 | 91 ca. | 1936-1940 | None | * |
| Ilyushin | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| I-21 | 2 | - | None | * |
| Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| LaGG-1 | c.100 | 1940-1945? | None | * |
| LaGG-3 | 6,258 | 1940?-1945 | None | Produced in 66 variants. |
| Lavochkin | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| La-5 "Lavochka" | 9,920 | 1942-late 1940s | None | Variants include the La-5UTI dedicated trainer version. |
| La-7 | 5,753 | 1944-?? | Fin | Variants include the La-7UTI trainer. |
| La-9 | 1,559-1,895 | 1946-?? | Fritz | Variants include the field-expedient La-9UTI two-seat trainer. |
| La-11 | 1,182 | 1948-?? | Fang | * |
| La-15 | 235 | 1949-1954 | Fantail | * |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| MiG-1 | 100 | 1940-?? | None | * |
| MiG-3 | 3,120 | 1941-1945 | None | Production total includes the original, propeller-driven "MiG-9" (not to be confused with the MiG-9 'Fargo' jet fighter). |
| MiG-9 | 550 | 1946-?? | Fargo | Variants include the MiG-9UTI two-seat trainer. |
| I-250 (N) | 10-20 | - | None | aka "MiG-13"; older sources claim 50 served 1946-1950, but recent sources report only 10-20 built and no service. |
| MiG-15 | c.12,000 | 1949-?? | Fagot | Variants include the MiG-15UTI 'Midget' trainer. |
| MiG-17 | 10,000 | 1952-1970s | Fresco | Several thousand were built in all variants. |
| MiG-19 | c.8,500 | 1955-?? | Farmer | Production total includes license-built examples produced by other countries. |
| MiG-21 | > 10,000 | 1959-date | Fishbed | Variants include MiG-21U 'Mongol' trainer; production includes those built under license in other countries. |
| MiG-23 | c.5,000 | 1970-date | Flogger | Ground-attack version given the separate designation MiG-27. |
| I-75 | 1 | - | ? | Prototype interceptor; program cancelled in favor of Sukhoi T-43 (to become Su-9). |
| MiG-25P | 1,190 | 1972-2007 | Foxbat | Variants include MiG-25PU and MiG-25RU conversion trainers. |
| MiG-27 | 1,070 | 1975-date | Flogger D/J | |
| MiG-29 | 1,600+ | 1983-date | Fulcrum | Variants include MiG-29UB conversion trainer. |
| MiG-31 | c.500 | 1982-date | Foxhound | * |
| MiG-33 | - | - | Fulcrum E | No longer used "marketing designation" for the MiG-29M. |
| MiG-35 | - | - | Fulcrum F | Prototype advanced MiG-29, incorporating elements of the MiG-29M/M2, MiG-29K and MiG-29OVT; being offered for export to India. |
| MiG LMFS 1.27 | - | - | Liogkiy Mnogofunktsionalniy Frontovoi Samolyet (Light Multi-function Frontal Aircraft), continuation of LFS program. Expected to be light-weight, single engine, stealth 5th generation fighter, to join PAK FA in service. | |
| Ye-152A | 1 | 1960-1965 | Flipper | Final and most advanced evolution of the MiG-21 line. A single experimental model, lost in 1965. |
| Polikarpov | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| I-15 "Chaika" | > 7,175 | 1935-1944 | None | * |
| I-16 "Ishak" | > 9,004 | 1935-late 1940s | None | Some sources report at least 7364 fighters and 1895 Polikarpov UTI-2 and UTI-4 conversion trainers were built. |
| Sukhoi | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| Su-1 | 1 | 1940 | None | aka "I-330", high-altitude fighter aircraft prototype. |
| Su-3 | 1 | 1941 | None | aka "I-360", second prototype of the Su-1 with revised wing. It did not fly. |
| Su-5 | 1 | 1945 | None | aka "I-107", mixed-power (propeller and motorjet) fighter prototype. |
| Su-7 (1944) | 1 | 1944-1945 | None | Mixed-power high-altitude interceptor developed from ground attack Su-6. |
| Su-7 | < 200 | 1956-?? | Fitter-A | Original swept-wing 'Fitter' model. |
| Su-9 | < 1,100 | 1959-c.1970 | Fishpot-A/B | * |
| Su-11 | 108 | 1964-1983 | Fishpot-C | Uprated Su-9; some Su-9 are believed to have also been upgraded to this standard. |
| Su-15 | < 1,500 | 1967-1992 | Flagon | Variants include the Su-15UT and Su-15UM two-seat conversion trainers. (Note: "Su-21" has been reported as the designation for the late-model Su-15TM, but this appears to be erroneous.) |
| Su-27 | c.680 | 1984-date | Flanker | Variants include Su-27UB two-seat conversion trainer; production includes export aircraft. |
| Su-30 | 5 | 1992-date | Flanker-F (Variant 1) | Interceptor development of Su-27; originally designated Su-27PU. |
| Su-33 | 24 | 1994-date | Flanker-D | Carrier-capable Su-27; was designated Su-27K; quantity built includes the Su-33UB trainer. |
| Su-35 | 5-10 | 1997-date | Flanker-E (Variant 1) | Land-based version of the Su-33; originally designated Su-27M; about 5-10 production Su-35 delivered; program status is unclear. |
| Su-37 | - | - | Flanker-E (Variant 2) | Thrust-vectoring, multirole evolution of the Su-35 Flanker; being offered as an interim fighter, pending availability of the PAK-FA in 2015 or later. |
| Su-47 | - | - | Firkin | Technology demonstrator for Russia's fifth-generation fighter utilizing a tandem-triplane layout, thrust vectoring, forward swept wings, improved stealth features, advanced combat avionics, and rearward facing radar antennas. |
| PAK-FA/T-50 | 3 | - | - | Russia's planned fifth-generation fighter, currently in development; first flew in 2009, with production deliveries planned for 2012-2015 (or later). |
| Tupolev | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| I-4 | 369 | 1928-1933 | None | First Soviet all-metal fighter; first plane designed by Pavel Sukhoi. |
| Tu-28/Tu-128 | 198 | 1965-1992 | Fiddler-A/B | This long-range interceptor was the world's largest fighter aircraft; the Tu-128 was the definitive production version; variants include the Tu-128UT trainer. |
| Yakovlev | ||||
| Designation | Total | In Service | NATO Name | Remarks |
| Yak-1 | c.8,720 | 1940-1945 | None | Variants include two-seat trainers. |
| Yak-3 | 4,848 | 1944-1945 | None | Variants include the Yak-3UTI two-seat conversion trainer. |
| Yak-9 | 16,769 | 1942-?? | Frank | Variants include the Yak-9UV and Yak-9V trainers. |
| Yak-15 | c.280 | 1947-?? | Feather | * |
| Yak-17 | 430 | 1948-?? | Feather | Variants include the Yak-17UTI 'Magnet' conversion trainer. |
| Yak-23 | 310 | 1949-late 1950s | Flora | Only 310 built, mostly for export; quickly replaced by the MiG-15. |
| Yak-25 | 480 | 1955-1967 | Flashlight | * |
| Yak-28P | c.1,700 | 1967-early 1980s | Firebar | * |
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