Aircraft and Personnel Numbers 2012
Total strength of the air force - about 170 thousand people (including officers - 40000, contract servicemen - about 37 thousand). In addition, the IISS estimated that the Russian Air Force had a strength of 4,000+ aircraft in active service and 833 in storage.(IISS Military Balance 2010, p. 222) Precise quantitative and qualitative composition of the Russian Air Force is classified information. The following data are collected from open sources, and may contain significant inaccuracies.
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