Flanker are two of the most iconic fighter jets ever built, representing the best of Western and Russian aviation engineering. With their speed, firepower, and agility, these jets have been compared ...

The Su-27 was envisioned as the Soviet answer to the American F-15, but its journey from prototype to powerhouse nearly ...

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, ...

Summary: The Su-27 Flanker, a hallmark of Russian air superiority and a product of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, stands as a formidable challenge to the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Eagle ...

Su-27: Post-Soviet Use After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, the “Flanker” remained the backbone of the Russian Air Force throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

Terralliance logo on the tail of the Su-27 at NMUSAF. The rest of the story is the one we have already described here.. A certificate of airworthiness was issued to Pride by the FAA in December ...

The twin-engine Su-27 – -NATO gave it the name Flanker – might have been the second of these two Soviet fighters to be delivered, but it was easily the peak of Soviet aeronautical design.

A Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet and a US MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft were involved in an inflight collision over the Black Sea earlier today, ...

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.

On Thursday morning U.S. European Command (EUCOM) released video footage from the MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed into the Black Sea following a mid-air encounter with two Russian Su-27 “Flanker ...

Ukrainian Su-27s in August 2022. Ukraine in recent weeks finally convinced its allies to provide it NATO-style tanks. With the armor en route, Kyiv has pivoted to what it claims is its next ...

T HE SUN had barely risen over the Black Sea on March 14th when two Russian Su-27 “Flanker” jets began following the American MQ-9 drone, more commonly known as the Reaper, 50 nautical miles ...