The Su-26 Flanker served as the backbone of the Russian Air Force well into the early 2000s. Out of all the Soviet-era military equipment Russian Forces use today, the Su-27 fighter is arguably the ...

The Sukhoi Su-35S is Russia’s primary high-end fighter, a heavily modernized 4.5-generation derivative of the Su-27 Flanker. ...

In late October 2023, the National Museum of the United States Air Force shared a video on X – the social media platform formerly known as Twitter – highlighting the arrival of its latest acquisition: ...

Key Points: Overall, the Su-27 remains one of the best fourth-generation fighters, with excellent range and weapons capacity. Its lack of stealth features is a notable weakness, but it continues ...

The Su-27 is expected to join the Museum’s Cold War Gallery this fall. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announced the acquisition of a former Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB Flanker C. This ...

Here’s a walkaround of the Su-27 recently added to the U.S. Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio. The former Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB Flanker C recently acquired by the National Museum of the U.S. Air ...

Early in the 1950s, with global tensions rising, the United States set about reinforcing both its arsenal of weapons and its repertoire of military vehicles. This era saw the birth of, among many ...

Russian forces downed one of their own Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets over Crimea by accident, according to Kyiv. A state of heightened "combat readiness" was to blame for the incident over the occupied ...

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