Key Points and Summary – The Su-33 (born Su-27K) is Russia’s aircraft carrier-based Flanker: a big, long-legged ...

The Soviet-made Sukhoi Su-33 or Flanker-D is an all-weather carrier-based engine air superiority fighter that entered ...

Despite its various shortcomings, the Russian military fields several capable combat aircraft. Capable of operating from aircraft carriers, the Su-33 Flanker is one of them. The Su-33 Flanker is a ...

Supersonic civilian jets can be a challenge even for the wealthiest and most well-equipped global superpowers. Only the Concorde has ever been even remotely close to successful. By successful, we mean ...

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: ...

The Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane from Azimuth Airlines caught fire on Sunday after landing at the Antalya Airport on the Mediterranean coast. All 89 passengers and six crew members ...

If an oak tree in the Siberian forest falls and nobody's around to hear it, did it even happen? More to the point, if a prized Russian gen-V fighter jet designed to fight the F-35 fails to make its ...

The S-76(D) prototype first flew in July. Credit: Sukhoi Sukhoi says the Russian Defense Ministry has given it the go-ahead to begin producing the S-71 air-launched UAV that has recently undergone ...

Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKIs from No 220 Squadron assemble at Hyakuri Air Base in Japan on 10 January 2023. The airbase, which is located 80 km northwest of Tokyo, hosts several Japan Air ...

A look at how the Su-75 Checkmate has changed from its 2021 design to the newer version unveiled this year. Credit: Sukhoi In late June, Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property revealed a ...

Recent reporting suggests that Iran is working to modernize its air force, which is widely considered the most deficient branch of its military. The deficiency in Iran’s air force rests largely on its ...

A Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SS-100) plane with 54 passengers aboard made an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on June 15 after the air-conditioning system malfunctioned. Two days ...