The Russian military is scaling back initial requirements for the fifth generation T-50 (PAK FA) fighters to twelve planes, after initially planning for fifty-two. Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that this was due to economic considerations.

However, Borisov noted that the Defense Ministry reserves the right to determine the number of fifth generation fighters for purchase, so
the initial plans may be corrected.
“It would be better for us to have a reserve of PAK-FA and the possibility to move ahead in the future to using the 4+ fighters’ [Su-30 and Su-35]
capabilities to the maximum,” Borisov said. In other words, Russia would make the most of its existing
Sukhoi Su-35 capabilities, which are highly rated by experts. The United states is currently the only country
with an Air Force that includes a fully operational fifth generation jet fighter, the F-22.
Production of the T-50 series will go ahead in 2016 regardless of any reduction in orders. During a visit to
the plant where the planes were being constructed, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East,Borisov said, “according to the next
year plans, we should have the first delivery of the series fifth-generation fighters.”


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