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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 ...
On the morning of 14 March 2023, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted and damaged an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, causing it to crash into the Black Sea. [1] This became the first direct contact between the Russian and United States Air Forces since the Cold War. [2] The US Air Force called this "reckless, environmentally unsound and ...
English: Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft operating within international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023. Russian Su-27s dumped fuel upon and struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces ...
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.
Lt. Colonel Eduard Vahorovskyi on its Su-27 was shot down near Ozerne airfield in Zhytomyr Oblast. [68] [69] [70] (2) 24 February 2 Su-27: Russian strikes killed seven pilots and servicemen [71] destroyed a Su-27 codename Blue 37, and damaged another [72] on Ozerne Air Base in Zhytomyr Oblast. [73] [74] 24 February Su-24
At least two Su-27 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [10] [11] [12] Sukhoi Su-30 Russia: Jet: Multirole: 2012: 110+ 110+ 91 Su-30SM and 19 Su-30M2 in service as of 2022 [1] [4] [13] and new deliveries were conducted in late 2023 and mid 2024. [14] As of 28 May 2024 at least 11 Su-30SM have been lost in the Russian Invasion of ...
Then, on March 24th, Russian Su-35S fighters reportedly unleashed 10-11 of the glide bombs on targets in the Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine. That’s on the border with Russia, but nowhere ...
A Russian Air Force Su-34 A Russian Air Force Su-35S A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade A Beriev A-50 in flight A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight A Yak-130 at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow