The Russian government said it contracted with an aircraft maker for delivery of 30 fighter jets  in addition to the 30 for which it contracted in March. The Irkut aircraft manufacturer will provide the Defense Ministry with the additional 30 Su-30SM fighter jets by 2016, RIA Novosti reported in Moscow Wednesday. The Russian Air Force got its first two Su-30SM planes on Nov. 22, the newspaper said. The Su-30SM is one of the air force\'s most important planes. It boasts an improved radar, communications and friend-or-foe identification system and new weapons, among other updates, the newspaper reported.