AIRCRAFT BRIEF
The Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker is Russia's answer to the F-15 Eagle, designed to achieve air superiority over NATO fighters in the 1980s. First flying in 1977 and entering service in 1985, the Su-27 features a fly-by-wire system and the OEPS-27 electro-optical search and track system. Its iconic Pugachev's Cobra maneuver demonstrated the aircraft's exceptional high angle-of-attack capability. The Su-27 platform has spawned an entire family of variants including the Su-30, Su-33, Su-34, and Su-35.
SPECIFICATIONS
- manufacturer
- Sukhoi Design Bureau
- first Flight
- 1977
- role
- Air superiority fighter
- crew
- 1 pilot
- engines
- 2x Saturn AL-31F (27,600 lbf each with AB)
- max Speed
- 2,500 km/h (Mach 2.35)
- range
- 3,530 km (1,910 nmi)
- ceiling
- 59,000 ft
- weight
- 33,000 kg (MTOW)