It only reemerged as the radically reworked T-10S-1 in 1981. The aircraft finally reached series production in 1982 as a single-seat multirole fighter, receiving the designation Su-27 (NATO ...

While externally similar... Summary and Key Points: The Su-27 “Flanker,” designed by Sukhoi, is considered the best Soviet fighter of the Cold War. Emerging in the 1970s and 1980s as part of a ...

Russia replaced confirmed irreplaceable fighter jet losses in 2024 but seems to have significantly fallen short of replacing ...

Blink and you’ll miss it: Here it is again in slow motion thanks to a handy video from Defence Blog: And here’s a photo of the aftermath: The Sukhoi Su-27 ‘Flanker’ is a twin-engine ...

The aircraft finally reached series production in 1982 as a single-seat multirole fighter, receiving the designation Su-27 (NATO reporting name Flanker-B). A two-seater variant, the Su-27UB (NATO ...