Sukhoi Su-27 is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi.
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17 Facts About Su-27
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The Su-27 was designed for air superiority missions, and subsequent variants are able to perform almost all aerial warfare operations.
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Su-27 was developed into a family of aircraft; these include the Su-30, a two-seat, dual-role fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions, and the Su-33, a naval fleet defense interceptor for use from aircraft carriers.
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Production Su-27 began to enter VVS operational service in 1985, although manufacturing difficulties kept it from appearing in strength until 1990.
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Su-27 had the Soviet Union's first operational fly-by-wire control system, based on the Sukhoi OKB's experience with the T-4 bomber project.
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The Su-27 disengaged and both aircraft landed safely at their bases.
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Russian Su-27 crashed over the Black Sea on 25 March 2020, in mysterious circumstances.
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In February 1991, an Su-27 performed a flight demonstration at Beijing's Nanyuan Airport.
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Chinese Su-27 pilots described its performance as "outstanding" in all aspects and flight envelopes.
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The Su-27 has replaced the aging Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, which was the main air superiority fighter of the EtAF between 1977 and 1999.
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On 25 August 2022, Ethiopian authorities claimed an An-26 was intercepted and then shot down by an EtAF Su-27, scrambled to investigate the airspace violation incoming from Sudan.
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Su-27 entered Angolan service in mid-2000 during the Angolan Civil War.
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On 15 April 2014, a video purportedly showing a Ukrainian Su-27 being shot down was released, but the video proved to be a hoax, taken from a previous video of the Syrian Civil War involving a different aircraft model.
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The next day, another Su-27 was shot down in Kyiv by a Russian S-400 system and was recorded by residents on their cellphones and published on Twitter; its pilot, Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko, was killed.
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In September 2022, a Ukrainian Su-27 has been spotted carrying out SEAD mission with American made AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles.
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