In a high-speed encounter straight out of a Top Gun scene, a Su-27 Flanker aggressively intercepts an F-16 Viper—and fighter ...

Once mocked for its developmental setbacks, the Su-27 Flanker rose to become the Soviet Union’s ultimate air superiority fighter. Designed to take on the F-15 in the skies, it introduced ...

While externally similar... Summary and Key Points: The Su-27 “Flanker,” designed by Sukhoi, is considered the best Soviet fighter of the Cold War. Emerging in the 1970s and 1980s as part of a ...

The Su-26 Flanker served as the backbone of the Russian Air Force well into the early 2000s. Out of all the Soviet-era military equipment Russian Forces use today, the Su-27 fighter is arguably ...