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The Sukhoi Su-30MKK (NATO reporting name: Flanker-G) [2] is a modification of the Sukhoi Su-30, incorporating advanced technology from the Sukhoi Su-35 variant. The Su-30MKK was developed by Sukhoi in 1997, as a result of a direct Request for tender between the Russian Federation and China. [3]
By around 2010, the 29th Fighter Division's three aviation regiments were each equipped with between 19 and 28 Sukhoi Su-30MKK, [6] [7] as well as Chengdu J-7H, and Shenyang J-8B aircraft, providing the unit a combat radius of 1,500 km. [8] [1] While based at Quzhou, the 29th was 500 km from Taipei, and reportedly tasked primarily with ...
Modernized Su-30MKK for China, Indonesia and Uganda with advanced avionics and weapons. Su-30MKV/Su-30MK2 AMV ( Flanker-G+ ) Export version of Su-30MK2 for Venezuela built on Su-35 airframe, [ 163 ] and thus is slightly smaller than the standard Su-30MK2. [ 164 ]
Su-30MKK 73 [1] Sukhoi Su-35: Russia Air superiority fighter ... 11 [6] Shaanxi KJ-500: China AEW: 14 [6] KJ-2000: China Russia AEW: 4 [6] Chinese radar installed on ...
On Feb. 8, a U.S. Navy P-3 spy plane and a Chinese military aircraft came close to each other over the South China Sea in an incident the Navy saw as unsafe but also inadvertent.
The 66th Brigade appears to operate a number of Sukhoi Su-30MKK, Chengdu J-10A, and Shenyang J-11B fighter aircraft, while the most modern Chinese fighter aircraft such as the Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-16 are still being fielded to combat units.
The June incident involved a Chinese Su-30 and an American C-130. The U.S. plane was a special operations forces variant of the Lockheed Martin C-130 cargo aircraft, according to one of the people
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 ...