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Soviet Su-27 in-flight

The Su-27 Flanker is a Soviet/Russian single-seat fighter aircraft made by Sukhoi. It first flew in 20 May 1977, and was introduced in 23 August 1990. It was first made by the Soviet Union as a fighter, but now it is in the Russian Air Force. It can hold up to 10 guided Air-to-Air medium-range R-27E or short-range R-73 or unguided Air-to-Ground missiles, unguided bombs and a GSh-301 30mm cannon with 150 bullets. It has two AL-31F turbofan engines, a multi-purpose onboard search and track radar, an optical infrared search and track station with a laser rangefinder linked to pilot's helmet-mounted target designator and with a wide-angle HUD.

The Su-27 was made to pair with the MiG-29 Fulcrum, but in the Eritrean-Ethiopian War, Ethiopian Su-27s shot down 5 Eritrean MiG-29s. It was also supposed to fight American fighters like the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon. There are the prototype versions T10 Flanker-A and T10S, the version S Flanker-B for the Russian Air Force, the interceptor version P Flanker-B without Air-to-Ground weapons for the Russian Air Force, the two-seat trainer version UB Flanker-C for the Russian Air Force, the export versions SK and UBK, the upgraded export versions SKM and UBM. There are fighters similar to the Su-27, like the Su-33 Flanker-D and the Su-30 Flanker-C .

The Su-27 is still in service with the Russian Air Force and others. Russian Air Force has hundreds of aircraft. Half the fleet -about 100 fighters- has been modernized in the SM version from 2004 to 2012. The SM version has improved avionics, guided Air-to-Ground missiles and guided bombs and a “glass” cockpit. Russian Air Force received 12 newly built modernized SM3 aircraft in 2011.

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  • Su-27 Cobra 2b

    Sketch of Su-27 performing Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre

  • Su-27 armament

    Su-27 carrying R-27 missiles

  • Su-27SM3 flight, Celebration of the 100th anniversary of Russian Air Force

    RuAF Su-27SM3

  • Russian SU-27 Flanker with RAF Typhoon MOD 45157730

    A Russian Su-27 and a British Typhoon meet over the Baltic, June 2014

  • Sukhoi Su-27UB Belyakov

    Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB in July 2011

  • Т-10-1 VVS museum

    Initial T-10 prototype

  • Su-27 Red 36

    Left side scheme of a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B, first production series

  • Su27K (Su33) DD-SD-99-06153

    Russian fighter Su-27K (later renamed to Su-33) on the deck of Admiral Kuznetsov

  • All Sukhoi Su-27 operators

    All current (blue) and former (red) operators of the Su-27

  • Russian Knights Tkachenko tribute flight Mishin

    Russian Knights paying tribute to Igor Tkachenko, leader of the group who died during practice a week earlier

  • Su-27 Red 27 at Central Armed Forces Museum 09.09.2012

    Su-27 Red 27 at Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow

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