There’s an interesting, almost forgotten detail in the history of the mysterious ex-Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 that you can find on display at NMUSAF in Dayton, Ohio: it was brought to the U.S. to find ...
I captured one of the most impressive takeoffs at RIAT 2017 – the Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker rolling into the sky with raw power and elegance. In this video, you’ll see the fighter jet light up ...
The Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker was designed to compete with the American F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat, and it matched up very well 40 years ago. It came out of development in the 1980s armed to the teeth with ...
On Thursday morning U.S. European Command (EUCOM) released video footage from the MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed into the Black Sea following a mid-air encounter with two Russian Su-27 “Flanker” ...
The Ukrainian air force has armed its Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers with American-made Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range glide-bombs, transforming the aging interceptors into multi-role ...
Russia’s Su-35 – The Heavily Upgraded Derivative of the Su-27 – In September 2023, a Russian Su-35S (NATO reporting name “Flanker M”) multirole fighter was shot down over the southern Ukrainian city ...
The Russian Ministry Of Defense has released footage of a close encounter between Su-27 Flankers and RAF Rivet Joint with Typhoon escort. On Oct. 19, 2023, an RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint intelligence ...
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 ...
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 ...