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 ...
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 White House recently agreed to allow Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets, highlighting the role airframes are playing in the ongoing Russian invasion. In late May, Moscow ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...
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 ...
A Russian Su-27 has crashed in Russia's southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, according to local reports. In a statement posted to messaging app Telegram early on Tuesday, Vyacheslav Gladkov, ...
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” ...
Rescued Pilot of Su-27 Did Not Survive After Being Pulled from Ocean. The pilot of a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO codename “Flanker”) that crashed on March 25, 2020, over the Black Sea approximately 50 ...
Key Points and Summary - In a fascinating post-Cold War tale of intelligence acquisition, the United States privately purchased two advanced, two-seat Su-27UB "Flanker" fighter jets from Ukraine in ...
On or just before Monday, a Russian surveillance drone winged from Russian lines to the Ukrainian air force’s Mirgorod air base, 100 miles from Ukraine’s northern border with Russia. The drone spotted ...