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The documented behavior of the Russian Su-35 during this intercept, however, was risky. NORAD's video of the incident shows the US F-16 flying far from a lumbering Russian military aircraft. A Su ...
The Sukhoi Su-35 (Russian: Сухой Су -35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E/M) is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable air superiority fighters, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by Sukhoi. The type was originally developed by the ...
Su-27P1M, Su-24M Two fighter jets were lost over Shishatsk, Poltava Oblast. One Su-27P1M, call sign Blue 58 from 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Colonel Oleg Shupik was lost, Shupik died. [198] [199] Another aircraft, a Su-24M, Yellow 59, was shot down by an enemy missile after returning from a mission on 12 October.
Su-11: prototype twin-engine fighter developed from the Su-9, resembled the Me 262, 1946. Su-12: observation plane, 1947. Su-13: prototype twin-engine jet fighter developed from the Su-11, 1947. Su-15: fighter-interceptor, 1949. Su-17: fighter, 1949. Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21: a supersonic business jet design.
Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said.
The Su-34 is powered by a pair of Saturn AL-31 FM1 turbofan engines, the same engines used on the Su-27SM, giving the aircraft a maximum speed of Mach 1.8+ when fully loaded. [62] Although slower than the standard Su-27, the Su-34 can still handle high G-loads and perform aerobatic maneuvers. [13]
The Su-35 would allow Iran to partially upgrade its antiquated air force, which hasn't received new fighter jets since the early 1990s, and is likely to enhance its ability to defend its airspace ...
During the beginning of the war Russian Air force employed Su-30SM and Su-35S for air superiority missions over Ukraine. [167] On 9 May 2022, a Russian Su-35 fighter shot down a Mi-14 helicopter from the Ukrainian Navy Aviation killing Colonel Igor Bedzay, deputy head of the Ukrainian aircraft division of the Navy. [168] [169]