The Sukhoi Su-57, originally known as the T-50, is Russia’s answer to the West’s fifth-generation fighter jets. Developed as a successor to the Su-27 and MiG-29, it combines stealth technology, ...

The Ukrainain air force has armed its Sukhoi Su-27s with U.S.-made Joint Direct Attack Munition glide-bombs, transforming the interceptors into multirole fighter-bombers.

The Su-27’s legacy for Russian military aviation cannot be understated. T he Sukhoi Su-27’s story begins in the late 1960s, when the Soviet Union became aware of the threat posed by America ...

The Russians might struggle to make good their Su-27 losses. There are just 40 or so basic Su-27s left across the Russian inventory as newer Su-30s, -34s and -35s have become the dominant types.

The Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker was designed to compete with the American F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat, and it matched up very well 40 years ago. It came out of development in the 1980s armed to the teeth ...

Exact numbers for Russia's Sukhoi fleet vary, but there seems to be a consensus that Russia has more than 300 Su-27, Su-30, and Su-35 fighters.

Su-27: The F-15 Eagle Killer. The Su-27 was developed in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s, and it was meant to be the Kremlin’s answer to the McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle as well as the ...

(Yet Another Aviation Thread)<BR><BR>I figured I'd use the opportunity to talk about some of the most beautiful and deadly aiplanes in the sky today - the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 and its derivatives ...

On Sept. 9, 1990, a Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker, crashed during an airshow held at Salgareda, a small airfield with a grass airstrip located near Treviso, in northeastern Italy.

Search is Underway for Pilot of Su-27, Reports Say No Survivors in L-39 Crash. A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO codename “Flanker”) and an Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainer crashed in separate ...

The Russian air force has grounded its fleet of Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets until determining what caused one of the planes to crash on Thursday, killing the pilot, the government-run Tass news ...

At the time the Sukhoi Su-17 attacker and Su-27 fighter were duking it out in skies across the globe, Sukhoi began to formalize plans for an aerobatic plane.