List of modern equipment of the Azerbaijani Air Force

The Azerbaijani Air Forces use mainly Soviet-made combat aircraft. However, most of the aircraft have been modernized and equipped with modern avionics. Currently, Azerbaijan is holding talks with several countries, including Pakistan and Russia, to purchase new-generation aircraft, but so far any aircraft purchase agreement had not signed. The Azerbaijani side is particularly interested in purchasing Sukhoi Su-35 and Mikoyan MiG-35 aircraft from Russia and CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder aircraft from Pakistan.

Azerbaijan's helicopter arsenal is more modern than in many post-Soviet countries. Thus, most of the helicopters have been upgraded, and a large number of new helicopters have been purchased in the last decade. Azerbaijan is one of the leading countries in the world in terms of the number and use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A local factory producing UAVs has been operating in the country since 2011, and Azerbaijani UAVs have been successfully participating in active military operations for more than 10 years.

Most of the Soviet-made systems in the arsenal of air defense forces have also been replaced by modern ones, and Azerbaijan is ahead of most Eastern European and post-Soviet countries in terms of combat capability of air defense forces. Due to a large number of strategic facilities in the country, the Azerbaijani government is paying special attention to the purchase of modern air defense systems.

Su-25s of Azerbaijani Air Force

Aircraft

MiG-29s of Azerbaijani Air Force

Current inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
MiG-29		Multirole combat aircraft	17	Purchased from Ukraine between the years 2006-2007 and 2009–2011.
Sukhoi Su-25		Close air support aircraft	16	In 2002, 6 Su-25T units were delivered from Georgia, another 6 Su-25 units and 1 Su-25UB unit were delivered in 2005. Six more Su-25s were purchased from Belarus between the years 2009–2012.
Sukhoi Su-24		Attack aircraft	2
Trainer aircraft
Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master		Trainer and Light Attack Aircraft	12	Preliminary agreement signed during the visit by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Italy on 20 February 2020.
Aero L-39 Albatros		Trainer and Light Attack Aircraft	12
PAC MFI-17 Mushshak		Trainer Aircraft	10
Diamond DA42 Twin Star		Trainer Aircraft	N/A	Produced locally under license by "AZAD Systems Co" production branch of the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan
Transport aircraft
Ilyushin Il-76		Strategic Airlifter	2

Retired aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25		Interceptor aircraft	32	6 MIG-25PD, MIG-25RB versions
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21		Interceptor aircraft	5
Sukhoi Su-17/22		Fighter-bomber	5
Antonov An-26		Military transport aircraft	N/A
Antonov An-12		Military transport aircraft	1
Antonov An-2		Military transport aircraft	N/A
Yakovlev Yak-40		Regional jet	3

Helicopters

Mil Mi-24G

Current inventory

Helicopter	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Attack helicopter
Mil Mi-35		Attack helicopter	24
Mil Mi-24G SuperHind	//	Attack helicopter	12	"Mi-24G" is a special modification of the Mi-24 helicopters by the South African "ATE" company and the Ukrainian Luch Design Bureau for the Azerbaijani Air Force. The letter "G" in the name of the modification means "Night (in Azerbaijani: Gecə)" and indicates the operational capabilities of the helicopter during night times.
Mil Mi-24		Attack helicopter	17
Transport helicopter
Mil Mi-17		Transport helicopter	66	Delivered in the years 2010-2014
McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender		Transport helicopter	1
Bell 412		Transport helicopter	2
Bell 407		Transport helicopter	1
Kamov Ka-32A		Naval warfare helicopter	4
Mil Mi-8		Transport helicopter	13

Retired inventory

Helicopter	Origin	Type	Amount	Notes
Mil Mi-2		Light transport helicopter	7

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Locally produced "Aerostar UAV" during the military parade in Baku, 2018

Current inventory

Vehicle	Origin	In service	Notes
Multi-mission unmanned aerial vehicles
Bayraktar TB2		N/A	Buy dozens in 2020. Actively used during July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes and 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
IAI Heron		5
IAI Searcher		5
Elbit Hermes 900		2
Elbit Hermes 450		10
Skylark 3		N/A
ThunderB		N/A
Aerostar	/	N/A	Produced in Azerbaijan
Orbiter 4	/	N/A	Produced in Azerbaijan
Orbiter 3	/	N/A	Produced in Azerbaijan
Orbiter 2	/	N/A	Produced in Azerbaijan
Loitering munition
IAI Harop		50	Delivered between 2015 and 2016. Actively used during 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes and 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
SkyStriker		100
Orbiter 1K	/	100	Produced in Azerbaijan
Aerostat
Skystar		N/A

Air defense systems

S300PMU2 Favorite SAM in Baku

Current missile systems

System	Origin	Version	In service	Notes
Surface-to-air missile systems
Barak 8		Barak-ER/LR	2 units, 80 missiles
S-300 missile system		S-300PMU2 Favorite	2 units, 200 48N6 missiles
S-200 (missile)		S-300PMU2 Favorite	4 units
S-125 Neva/Pechora	/	S-125-2TM Pechora-2TM-29	13 units	Modernized by "Tetraedr" company of Belarus
Tor missile system		9K332 Tor-M2E	8
Buk missile system	/	Buk-MB	3 units, 100 9M38 missiles, 100 9M317 missiles	Modernized by Belarus
9K33 Osa	/	9K33-1T Osa-1T	N/A	Modernized by Belarus
T-38 Stilet			2 units
9K35 Strela-10			54
Anti-aircraft guns
ZSU-23-4 Shilka			40
ZU-23-2			N/A
Man-portable air-defense systems
9K38 Igla		Igla-S	200 launchers, 1000 missiles
9K34 Strela-3			18	Purchased from Ukraine
9K32 Strela-2			N/A

Radar of S300PMU2 Favorite

Radars

System	Origin	Amount	Notes
EL/M-2080 Green Pine		N/A
TRML 3D		N/A
LTR LANZA 3D		1
EL/M-2106		2
EL/M-2084		N/A
80K6M		1
P-18 radar		N/A
P-19 radar		N/A
P-40 radar		N/A

Retired missile systems

System	Origin	Version	Amount	Notes
S-75 Dvina			N/A
S-25 Berkut			N/A
2K12 Kub			N/A
2K11 Krug			27 launchers
9K31 Strela-1			N/A