Embraer E-175 KubanAir required a jet aircraft for short to medium haul. They looked for used and new aircraft, eventually they selected the Embraer E-175 over Fokker 70's of the KLM and Fokker 100's from Helvetic Airways. They ordered 8 aircraft and those were delivered between 2014 and 2018. They...
New addition to the KubanAir fleet, the Airbus A321neo with the new CFM Leap engines. KubanAir ordered 12 of these aircraft to replace the aging Yak-42's and Tu-154's in the near future. The new A321's bear the registrations KU-KBM to KU-KBY. KubanAir might order more new Airbus aircraft due the sta...
MiG-29 on loan The Kuban Air Force currently operates the MiG-21 Bison as frontline fighter, these were once MiG-21-93's. Back in 2005 the Kuban Air Force made a agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics to let them upgrade 14 MiG-21's to the Bison configuration. The upgrading of the whole fleet would l...
Kuban Amphibious Assault Fleet The Kuban Navy's Amphibious Assault Fleet consists out of several ships and hovercrafts. They have command over 4 Polish build Lublin class LST, which were ordered in the early 1990's after the fall of the Soviet Union. They replaced several older landing vessels. The...
Kuban Navy The Kuban Navy was established at the day of the Kuban independence. They inherited several ships from the Soviet Union like one Krivak 3 class, 2 Kirvak 1 class frigates, a Koni class frigate, Tarantul and Pauk class corvettes. Further more they got their hands on several Kilo class sub...
PZL W-3PL The Kuban Air Force operated the Mil Mi-2 scouting helicopter after the fall of the Soviet Union. These helicopters were good enough for the recon task. But by 2005 when the Russians were becoming a larger threat on the Kuban border, a plan was made to obtain new armed recon helicopters. ...
Azov class The Kuban Navy placed a order for a single OPV from the Kuban shipbuilder: Novoukrainsk Shipyards in 2010. With assistance from Damen Shipyards Group they managed to develop a OPV with features of Damens own series of OPV's. Construction of the vessel started in 2012 and it was launched ...