
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | SFS-761 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 |
Aircraft Version: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27M |
C/n (msn): | 83712518009/12500513 |
Operator Titles: | Sri Lanka - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | 12 Fighter Squadron |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Colombo - Katunayake / Bandaranaike InternationalMap |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: VCBI IATA: CMB Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 6 October 2023 |
Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
Photo ID: | 809922 |
Photo Comment |
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Manufacturer date 28 November 1980 was delivered to the V-VS, and then moved to the Ukraine. The sale contract was signed on 26 July 2006 and the MiG was soon after delivered as CF-761 to Sri Lanka. It was assigned to SLAF 5sq. The FLOGGER was reserialled to SFS-5304, in 2010, moved to 12sq and reserialled to this SFS-761 by March 2012. It was last seen operational in 2013. Then kept in flyable storage but eventually stored with the Aircraft Engineering Wing at Katunayake. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 May 2025, and has since been viewed 31 times. |