Russian Navy it operated over 1,000 fixed-wing aircraft with the majority being bombers such as the Tu-22M "Backfire" and the Tu-16 "Badger". Since the fall of the Soviet Union however, it has been significantly reduced in size. The Tu-22Ms have been transferred to the Aerospace Forces and since then the combat arm of the Naval Aviation is built around Sukhoi Su-33s, Mikoyan MiG-29Ks, with Sukhoi Su-30s and Sukhoi Su-34s replacing the obsolete Sukhoi Su-24s. As of 2007, the Russian Naval Aviation consists of the following components: The Russian Navy consists of four fleets and one flotilla with 3 of 4 fleets and
Sukhoi Su-24 30 meters of another American ship, the destroyer "Donald Cook" in the Baltic Sea. The incidents occurred over two days, with the planes making passes by the "Donald Cook" while it was in international waters. In November 2018, two armed Russian Su-24s flew low over the Belgian frigate "Godetia". At the time of the incident, the "Godetia" was in use as the command ship of NATO’s northern mine sweeping fleet. "Source: Sukhoi" S6 T6-1 T6-2I / T6-3I / T6-4I Su-24 Su-24M ('Fencer-D') Su-24M2 ('Fencer-D') Su-24MK ('Fencer-D') Su-24MP ('Fencer-F') Notes Bibliography Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is