At approximately 11:19 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2020, two Russian Su-27 Flanker pilots intercepted a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber that was conducting routine operations in the black sea over international ...

This is due to the Su-27’s super maneuverability: the airframe is capable of Pugachev’s Cobra, a maneuver in which an aircraft flying at low-to-moderate speed quickly raises its nose, the ...