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 ...

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 ...

One nation historically dominated the fighter jet export market: the Soviet Union, whose simple, rugged aircraft spread widely across the developing world during the Cold War. The Flanker platform is ...

The Su-27 emerged from the Soviet response to the American air-superiority fighter era, with requirements for speed, agility, ...

Cool footage shows Belarus and Russia’s warplanes intercept and escort an Antonov An-26 transport plane. As explained last week, Russia deployed six Sukhoi-27 Flankers and three support transport ...

The Su-27’s legacy for Russian military aviation cannot be understated. The Sukhoi Su-27’s story begins in the late 1960s, when the Soviet Union became aware of the threat posed by America’s ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has a new fighter on display, but not one of the latest offerings from Boeing or Lockheed Martin. The jet is a Cold War-era Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker that was designed and built in ...

The Su-27 is expected to join the Museum’s Cold War Gallery this fall. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announced the acquisition of a former Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB Flanker C. This ...