Both sides used the pause to acquire much more capable fighters. Ethiopia purchased Su-27s from Russia while Eritrea bought MiG-29s from Ukraine. Those two types would soon meet in actual engagements.

The Sukhoi Su-27’s story begins in the late 1960s, when the Soviet Union became aware of the threat posed by America’s burgeoning force of fourth-generation warplanes. The Mikoyan MiG-29 was ...

Russian Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-30 multirole combat planes are ... Flight Global’s Top 10 Ranking also included the Russian MiG-29 fighters (822 aircraft, 6%) and Su-25 attack planes (474 aircraft ...

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The Su-27 destroyed a pontoon crossing in Kursk Oblast using a GBU ... In May 2024, Ukraine confirmed the adaptation of its MiG-29s to carry the GBU-39, with each jet able to hold up to eight bombs on ...

But for the Ukrainian air force’s modified Mikoyan MiG-29s, newly equipped for precision ... A GBU-62 under the wing of a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27. It’s likely every one of the roughly 100 ...

"Russia’s air defenses downed an MiG-29 and an Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air ... forces" to Ukraine was discussed in Paris on March 27 at yet another European summit of a so-called ...