Қазақстан Әуе қорғаныс күштері / Әскери Әүе Күщтері (ӘӘК)
| Aktau |
| Aktobe |
| Almaty |
| Almaty/Pervomaiskiy |
| Balkhash |
| Karaganda |
| Nur-Sultan/Nazarbayev Int'l |
| Semey |
| Shymkent |
| Taldykorgan |
| Taraz |
| Ucharal/Yenbekshi |
| Zhetygen |
| Zholaman |
The upgrade of the Kazakh Su-27 Fleet was conducted by LSARP Lviv where the single seaters were upgraded to Su-27P standard and the dual seaters were upgraded to Su-27UB-M2. These are currently based at Aktau.
Erwin van Dijkman
| Aktau (UATE) Актау | |||
RWY 12/30 POS 43°51'36"N 051°05'31"E ELEV 73 ft | |||
| Air Base | Squadron | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge |
| 605 Air Base 605 Авиабаза / 605 әуе базасы [v/ch ...] |
Mi-8MT Mi-35M1 Su-27M2 Su-27UBM2 |
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The Kazakhstan Air Force has already received twelve Mi-35M1s. These are based at Aktau, Pervomaisky and Shymkent.
Paul van der Linden
Most of the branches of the armed forces operate the An-72. This 07 red is one of the two Air Force examples. It is based at Nur Sultan.
Rolf Flinzer
| Aktobe (UATT) | |||
RWY 12/30 POS 50°14'46"N 057°12'20"E ELEV 741 ft | |||
| Air Base | Squadron | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge |
| L-39C Mi-8MT Su-27M2 (detachment) Yak-18T (stored/for sale) Z242L (at Zholaman) |
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Part of the An-26 fleet has been upgraded by Antonov at Kiev Zhulyany. Only a handful remain in service, like this 04 red.
Marco Dijkshoorn
Eight C295M are in use to augment and replace the venerable An-26. They are divided between Almaty and Zhetygen.
Mike Ward
The Air Force operates Mi-8MT from Aktobe and Aktau, Mi-171 from Shymkent, and Mi-17V-5s from Pervomaisky, Semey and Zhetygen. Seen here is Mi-17V-5 01 red.
Patrick Roegies
Most recent addition, acquired in 2018/19, are the Mi-171Sh borts 40 to 45 red, they are based at Shymkent.
Paul van der Linden
The L-39s of the Kazakh air Force have been modified at CHARZ in the past, painted in a blue c/s and provided with yellow tactical codes.
Erwin van Dijkman
From 2021 a further upgrade by Aero Vodochody saw them turn grey with red borts.
Greg Bedenko (greg-bedenko.com)
The VIP-fleet is based at Nur Sultan, this A320 UP-A2001 is one of them
Lukas Kinneswenger
Bigger brother A330 UP-A3001 also has its domicile at Nursultan Nazarbayev Intl.
Yorrick Schotten
The air to ground capabilities of the Kazakh Air force is mainly consisting of the Su-25s based at 602 Air base Shymkent.
Giovanni Colla
The Su-25 fleet was upgraded by the Zaporozhye ARZ in the Ukraine where approximately twelve aircraft have been modernised including this 07 yellow.
Giovanni Colla
Besides the Su-27 the Lviv LSARP aircraft repair facility has also upgraded a small number of the Kazakh Air Force MiG-29 fleet.
Erwin van Dijkman
Some 15 MiG-29s have been upgraded. They are all based at Shymkent.Half of the fleet was recently put up for sale.
Patrick Roegies
With the Sukhoi 30 entering service, some of the Su-27s are withdrawn.
Paul van der Linden
The Su-30 main base is Taldykorgan, although groups are also at Balkash and Qaragandy.
Pieter van 't Hof
| Taraz (UADD) Тараз | |||
RWY 13/31 POS 42°51'13"N 071°18'13"E ELEV 2184 ft | |||
| Air Base | Squadron | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge |
| 612 Air Base 612 Авиабаза / 612 әуе базасы [v/ch ...] |
Wing Loong | |
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Civil registered aircraft, like this TL-2000, are used by the Aviation Training Center at Zholaman.
In 2017, two Zlin 242L were added to the training fleet and the last Yak-18T was put up for sale.
Kazakstan Defense Forces press center
