Stretching back to WWII, the history of Russian jet development is intertwined with that of the United States. Here are the ...

While the Soviet Air Force relied heavily on MiG, the backbone of the successor Russian Air Force is dominated by Sukhois (particularly the Su-27 Flanker family). Still, the Russian Air Force ...

ER, whose existence was well documented, while the new 1,000 lb bomb might have been specifically produced for ...

While the MiG-29 is the Fulcrum ... NATO will add a suffix letter, such as Flanker-E. NATO used to give the reporting names exclusively to Soviet and Russian planes, but now uses them for Chinese ...

A two-seater variant, the Su-27UB (NATO reporting name Flanker-C), was introduced two ... when an Ethiopian Su-27 downed an Eritrean MiG-29.” Until the war in Ukraine, the Su-27 had zero air ...

Feature Details: Eight flyable aircraft, two US and five Russian, and one German (A-10A Warthog, F-15C Eagle, Su-27 Flanker B, MiG-29 Fulcrum A, MiG-29 Fulcrum C, Su-25 Frogfoot, Su-33 Flanker D, and ...

MiG upped its game by delivering a MiG-17 in ... Sukhoi's vision for the Su-27 Flanker was clear from the start of the project in 1969. This was no hybrid fighter bomber: Its primary mission ...