The F-15 Eagle and Su-27 Flanker are two of the most iconic fighter aircraft in the history of air combat, each representing ...

The Sukhoi Su‑27 redefined fighter design in the mid‑1980s with twin engines, advanced avionics, and supermaneuverable aerodynamics. Built for modernization and combat flexibility, it dominated air ...

The Su-27 aircraft has a long history, and continues to be deployed today. Let's take a look at exactly what it's capable of, when it was created, and what the future may hold for this formidable ...

The Su-27 was designed as a direct competitor to the American F-14 and F-15 families of aircraft. Its capable design reflects this. The Su-27 has a top speed of about Mach 2.35 and has up to ten ...

The design phase for the Su-27 started off rocky as the lead designer, Mikhail Simonov. was unhappy enough with everything to halt its production and start designing the jet again from scratch.

As an experimental Su-27 variant, the Su-27LL-PS tested advanced 2D thrust vectoring for enhanced maneuverability, providing critical insights into supermaneuverable flight dynamics, material ...

The pilot ejected safely and is in stable condition after Ukraine lost a Su-27 while repelling a Russian drone ... Flanker) is a twin-engine, supersonic, super-maneuverable fighter aircraft developed ...

The Su-27 (NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a long-range multirole, highly maneuverable all-weather fighter-interceptor developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau ...

Design of the aircraft, originally known as the S-32, began around 1983, ... To speed up manufacturing, some parts of the S-37 were borrowed from the Su-27 series, ...