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 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 ...

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 ...

As an experimental Su-27 variant, the Su-27LL-PS tested advanced 2D thrust vectoring for enhanced maneuverability, providing critical insights into supermaneuverable flight dynamics, material ...