Note the wasp badge on the fin

Note the wasp badge on the fin

Still with the old-style Communist-era nationality markings.

Still with the communist-era nationality marking

The Hungarian Air Force flew 12 Fitter-Js that served between 1984 and 1997, although these did not use the usual Lyulka AL-21 engines, rather were manufactured with the Tumansky R-29BSZ-300 gas-turbine jet engine with afterburner. This example is on display at the very nice and friendly RepTár Szolnoki Repülőmúzeum.

The 'Fitter-H' was received by Hungary in 1983, but after the Warsaw Pact period there was little need for a strike/reconnaissance type like this. Nonetheless six of nine remaining in the later 1990s did undergo a rework to extend their lives by 1000 hours, although soon after they were withdrawn. Hopes that they might be sold were not helped by the fact that this variant uses the Tumanski R-29BS-300 engine, unlike the more common M4 sub-type with the Lyulka AL-21F3

Neatly parked up in the static ready for LAVEX with sistership 311

One of about 40 Su-22s received by Libya, arriving for LAVEX 2009 in company with 307