The Russian Federation - Naval Aviation (AVMF-RF) is flying the Su-30SM, a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions. The Su-30SM is equipped with canards, thrust-vectoring, and a long-range phased-array radar and is a scary adversary for western aircraft. This 48 blue belongs to the 43rd Independent Naval Assault Aviation Regiment at Saki (the Crimea).

The Su-30SM is an advanced derivative of the Su-30MK series and considered to be a 4+ generation multirole jet fighter. This example was pictured taking part in the flying display at MAKS 2013.

The first international display of the Russkie Vitâzi (Russian Knights) with brand-new Su-30SMs (replacing the old Su-27s within the team) took place over Langkawi in 2017.

Flying upside-down is Su-30SM, serialled RF-81702 31 blue. This was their first performance with these brand-new Su-30SMs outside the Russian Federation.

Pictured as part of the static display at MAKS 2013.