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The Libyan Air Force was limited to a composite force of some MiG-23 (due to be retired, according to plans) and Su-22 and few units of flyable MiG-21, Su-24 and Mirage F1ED fighter-bombers, supported by Soko G-2 Galeb and Aero L-39 Albatros armed trainers. The largest part of the former fleet was in disrepair or stored in not flyable condition.
Su-6: ground attack aircraft, 1942; Su-7: prototype mixed-power high-altitude interceptor, 1944; Su-8/DDBSh: ground attack aircraft, 1943; Su-9: jet fighter, 1946; Su-10: four-engine jet bomber, 1946; 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 ...
Mykola Oleshchuk, a Ukrainian General said, "Units of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed three enemy aircraft at once—two Su-34 fighter-bombers and one Su-35 fighter," on Telegram on February 17. He said Ukraine shot down another Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber on the morning of February 18.
The Russian 4th Air Army had 140 Sukhoi Su-17Ms, Su-24s and Su-25s in the war zone supported by an A-50 AWACS aircraft. The employed munitions were generally unguided S-5, S-8, and S-24 rockets, as well as FAB-250 and FAB-500 bombs, while only 2.3% of the strikes used precision-guided Kh-25 ML missiles, KAB-500L and KAB-500KR smart bombs when ...
Footage and photos show the Su-35 flying past the F-16 during an intercept of a Russian aircraft. A Russian military jet flew dangerously close to a US aircraft during an intercept near Alaska ...
The Egyptian Air Force operated 48 Su-20/22 aircraft, although all have been withdrawn, replaced by the F-4 Phantom II and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. Germany Su-22 aircraft were inherited from East Germany, although these did not serve in the Luftwaffe, but some were painted with a Luftwaffe color scheme for test and evaluation. Two ...
Despite being touted as a Russian fifth-generation fighter aircraft to rival its U.S. equivalent, the Su-57 was plagued by development delays and a crash in 2019.
The Su-34, worth around $36 million, is Russia's most efficient fighter bomber with advanced tech. Ukraine has previously held long kill streaks with Russian Su-34s.