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Russia has quite a fearsome airborne arsenal at its disposal, including Su-27, Su-30, and Su-35 fighters. But how many of these does Russia have exactly?
The Su-27 was envisioned as the Soviet answer to the American F-15, but its journey from prototype to powerhouse nearly ...
Russian-based aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi manufactures quite the fleet for its home country, of course, but provides for several other nations as well.
MINSK, 14 November (BelTA) – The Belarusian army has decommissioned Su-27 jet fighters because using them in such a small area is inadvisable. The information was released by Major-General Oleg ...
The aircraft finally reached series production in 1982 as a single-seat multirole fighter, receiving the designation Su-27 (NATO reporting name Flanker-B).
130 years ago, on July 22, 1895, the famous aircraft designer Pavel Sukhoi was born. The Belarusian from Gluboky, in Vitebsk ...
Leading up to Su-27LL-PS Development. The Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker, a Soviet fourth generation twin-engine air superiority fighter, first took to the skies on May 20, 1977.The aircraft demonstrated ...
Armaments found on the Su-33 mirror that of the Su-27. For instance, a 30mm GSh-30-1 cannon is found on both birds. There are 12 hardpoints carrying up to 14,330 pounds of ordnance. Those ...
Russia's newest fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet surpasses all existing counterparts in the world, including China’s latest J-35, Russia’s test pilot, holder of the Hero of Russia title ...
The bombs were loaded on the Su-27 with their BRU-61 quadruple rack and carried by a custom adapter under the jet’s original pylon. A Ukrainian Su-27 with GBU-39 bombs.
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.
A Russian Su-27 jet performed an unsafe intercept of a US Navy surveillance plane while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea Monday, three defense officials told ...