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The Su-27’s Legacy for the Russian Air Force
The Su-27’s legacy for Russian military aviation cannot be understated. The Sukhoi Su-27’s story begins in the late 1960s, ...
The Russians have had a multitude of failed projects in the domain of fighter jets, the Flanker line is not one of those. The Sukhoi Su-35S, the newest in the Flanker line, a formidable multirole ...
Ukrainian jammers are throwing Russia’s satellite-guided bombs off course, significantly blunting what was once one of Russia’s main advantages over Ukraine—its bigger air force with its even bigger ...
MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept two B-1B Lancer strategic bombers of the US Air Force over the Baltic Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control ...
MOSCOW, May 12. /TASS/. A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept two Mirage 2000 tactical combat planes and a C-135 aerial refueling tanker of the French Air Force over the Black Sea ...
To Russian commanders in Kherson Oblast in southern ... A GBU-62 under the wing of a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27. It’s likely every one of the roughly 100 combat aircraft in the Ukrainian inventory ...
A Russian pilot attempted to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane last year, sources have told the BBC. Moscow said at the time that a missile was released as a result of a "technical malfunction".
The drone is reportedly around twenty tons, powered by an AL-31 turbojet engine, the same used on the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter.
On 12 March, they escorted two Russian Su-27 fighters, two supersonic Tu-22 bombers and one Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft. Later that same day, NATO planes were again dispatched to identify two Tu-22 ...
Su-27 - The Ultimate Argument Campaign “Su-27 - The Ultimate Argument” is the storyline campaign for a Russian Air Force pilot flying the Su-27 fighter aircraft in the Digital Combat Simulator.
Inside the RAF puts viewers at the heart of the action, following the service as it carries out operations around the world.