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 ...

The Su-27 was designed for a battle with the F-15 fighter jet. And yet, while that never happened, the Su-27 has become a very powerful combat fighter for the old Soviet Union and now the Russian ...

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had succeeded in downing a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO reporting name Flanker). The ministry further claimed to have shot down multiple High Mobility ...

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 National Museum of the U.S. AIr Force's latest acquisition, an Su-27UB Flanker-C, has a curious history. The U.S. Air Force's famed museum in Dayton, Ohio has acquired a Soviet-designed Sukhoi ...

Overall, the lineup certainly makes for an interesting array of types grouped together, particularly Soviet types, each with their own interesting back-stories. The museum also released imagery and ...

Russia’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter was designed to be superior to American F-15 Eagles and F-14 Tomcats. The Flanker jet was considered a technological marvel toward the end of the Cold War 40 ...

An interesting video showing the somehow unusual “close encounter” has emerged. In this case, the Su-27 remained at “safe distance”. As already reported, two B-1s flew to Eastern Europe earlier today ...

The Komosomolsk-upon-Amur factory revealed that it has delivered the last of the baseline Su-27 "Flanker" family to the Russian forces. The Su-27SM3 can be identified by the additional radio antenna ...

A Ukrainian Su-27UB Flanker crashed about 185 miles southwest of Kyiv on Tuesday, killing a Ukrainian pilot and American pilot. The crash occurred during the multinational Clear Sky 2018 exercises, ...

The incident occurred Monday morning. — -- A Russian fighter jet came within five feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Monday, in an encounter the American ...

First of all, we get news from DC Designs, that spelled its development schedule for 2022. Besides the upcoming Concorde, which is 90% into development, we’re also getting a SU-27 Flanker (60% ...