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The Sukhoi Su-27 (Russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supersonic supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi.It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet fighters such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, with 3,530-kilometre (1,910 nmi) range, heavy aircraft ordnance ...
The following year, this Su-27 version reached initial operational readiness with the Soviet Air Defence Forces. [8] Having begun work on an upgraded Su-27 variant in 1982, [9] the Sukhoi Design Bureau was instructed in December 1983 by the Soviet Council of Ministers to use the Su-27 as the basis for the development of the Su-27M (T-10M). [10]
The Saturn AL-31 (originally Lyulka) is a family of axial flow turbofan engines, developed by the Lyulka-Saturn design bureau in the Soviet Union, now NPO Saturn in Russia, originally as a 12.5-tonne (122.6 kN, 27,560 lbf) powerplant for the Sukhoi Su-27 long range air superiority fighter.
Su-35S: 2007–present - Su-30MK-2/MKK: Flanker G MK-2: multi-role fighter aircraft MKK: strike-fighter aircraft Chinese variant of Su-30 134 Su-30МK: 1 July 1997 2000, December 2000–present - Su-30MKI: Flanker H air superiority fighter Indian Air Force variant of Su-30 230 (February 2017) Su-30МK: 1 July 1997 Su-30MKI: 2000 2002, September 27
Pages in category "Sukhoi Su-27 family aircraft" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. S.
China was the Su-27's first export customer. [4] China turned to the Soviet Union for weapons following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and the resulting Western arms embargo. China selected the Su-27 over the Mikoyan MiG-29. Three orders were made in the 1990s, and the deliveries of 36 Su-27SKs and 42 Su-27UBKs started in 1992 and continued ...
Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that it had destroyed five Ukrainian SU-27 fighter jets and damaged two more the Myrhorod airfield in Ukraine's Poltava region with Iskander-M missiles.
[27] A Sukhoi Su-34 at MAKS-2013. On 9 January 2008, Sukhoi reported that the Su-34 had begun full-rate production. The final stage of the state tests were completed on 19 September 2011. [citation needed] The Russian Air Force received another four Su-34s on 28 December 2010, [citation needed] as combat units in airbases first received six Su ...