This is a list of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 operators. Active operators are in bold.

Operators

As of 2022, the Kazakh Air Force is the only active operator of the MiG-27 in the world.

List of MiG-27 operators

Belarus

The Belarusian Air Force inherited a small number of MiG-27s of the 911th APIB, based at Lida, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. These aircraft were scrapped at Baranovichi. 911th APIB at Lida, MiG-27K

List of MiG-27 operators

India

The Indian Air Force operated the largest MiG-27 fleet outside the Soviet Union from 1988 to 2020.

List of MiG-27 operators

Eastern Air Command

No.2 Squadron 'Winged Arrows', Kalaikunda

No.9 Squadron 'Wolfpack', Hindan

No.10 Squadron 'Winged Daggers', Jodhpur

No.18 Squadron 'Flying Bullets', Hindon, moved to Kalaikunda in 1996

No.20 Squadron 'Lightnings', Kalaikunda

No.22 Squadron, 'Swifts', Hasimara

No. 29 Squadron 'Black Scorpions', Jodhpur

No. 51 Squadron 'Sword Arms', Jamnagar

No. 222 Squadron 'Tigersharks', Hasimara

Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment, Bangalore

Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment, Jamnagar

Kazakhstan

The Kazakhstan Air Force is the only active operator of the MiG-27 as of October 2021. 129th APIB - Soviet Air Force regiment operating MiG-27s from Taldykorgan Air Base in Kazakh territory when the Soviet Union collapsed, MiG-27M 134th APIB - Another Soviet unit based at Zhangiztobe Air Base, MiG-27M 60th IAP 604th Aviation Base at Taldykorgan, formed out of the 60th, 129th and 134th regiments, MiG-27M

Russia

The Russian Air Force inherited most of the remaining MiG-27s after the collapse of the USSR. However, these were quickly retired in favour of the Su-24 and Su-25.

USSR

Direct Reporting Units

4th TsBP, Lipetsk

91st IISAP, Lipetsk-2

760th IIAPIB, Lipetsk-2

1080th UATs PLS, Borisoglebsk

707th IAPIB / 1st GvIAPIB, Lebyazhye

GNIKI VVS, Akhtubinsk

333rd OIAP, Vladimirovka? 929th GLITs 4020th BRS, Lipetsk-2 4215th BRS, Dmitriyevka

Baltic Military District

15th Air Army (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic), Riga

53rd GvAPIB, Šiauliai, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

88th APIB, Suurkyul, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

321st APIB, Suurkyul

372nd APIB, Lotsaki, Daugavpils, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

899th APIB, Lielvārde

Belorussian Military District

26th Air Army, Minsk

1st GvADIB

911th APIB, Lida (transferred to Western Group of Forces 1989) 940th APIB, Postavy Air Base

Carpathian Military District

15th Air Army

289th ADIB, L'vov

236th APIB, Chortkiv

314th APIB, Cherlyany

Central Asian Military District

73rd Air Army, Tashkent

10th IAD, Ucharal

134th APIB, Zhangiztobe

24th SAD, Taldy-Kurgan

129th APIB, Taldy-Kurgan

Far Eastern Military District

1st Air Army, Khabarovsk

33rd ADIB

300th APIB, Pereyaslavka

303rd ADIB, Ussuriysk

18th 'Vitebskiy' GvIAP, Galyonki

224th APIB, Ozornaya Pad

Kiev Military District

17th Air Army, Kiev

88th APIB, Kanatovo (air base)Kanatovo

Leningrad Military District

76th Air Army, Leningrad

722nd OIBAP/OAPIB, Smuravyevo

Odessa Military District

5th Air Army, Odessa

642nd GvOIBAP/GVOAPIB, Matynovka Air Base, Voznesensk

Transbaikal Military District

23rd Air Army, Chita

30th ADIB, Step

58th IBAP/APIB, Step

266th APIB, Step

Volga Military District

281st IAPIB, Totskoye-2

Central Group of Forces (Czechoslovakia) 131st SAD, Milovice 236th APIB, Hradčany-Mimoň

Southern Group of Forces

36th Air Army, Budapest

1st GvAPIB, Kunmadaras

88th GvAPIB, Debrecen (both this unit and the 1st GvAPIB reported directly to HQ Southern Group in Budapest)

Western Group of Forces

16th Air Army, Wünsdorf

105th APIB, Großenhain

296th APIB, Altenburg, moved to Großenhain

559th 'Mozyrskiy' APIB, Fürstenwalde

911th APIB, Brand (later withdrawn to Lida, Belarus) 125th GvADIB, Rechlin 19th GvAPIB, Lärz