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unusual facts about Sukhoi Su-9


Sukhoi Su-9

It was reported that a Su-9 was involved in the interception of Francis Gary Powers' U-2 on Soviet territory on 1 May 1960.


65th Aggressor Squadron

The 65th AGRS is assigned 24 F-15 aircraft, painted in camouflage schemes identical to those observed on Russian-manufactured Su-27 Flanker fighters and operates in conjunction with the 64th Aggressor Squadron, which performs a similar task using F-16s.

Aamir Masood

He is one of the few pilots of the Pakistan Air Force that have flown the Sukhoi Su-30 Mk I with the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy.

Air Combat

In arcade versions, the player simulates an F-16 aircraft exclusively, but in PlayStation version, the player can choose from several different planes in the game ranging from F-4 Phantoms to Su-27 Flankers and Stealth aircraft, albeit painted in a special "Phoenix" color scheme.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov

Skvortsov flew L-39, MiG-23 and Su-27 aircraft as a pilot, senior pilot and chief of aircraft formation.

Avihu Ben-Nun

On September 9, 1972, a month after handing command of 69 Squadron to Amnon Arad, Ben-Nun and navigator Zvi Kesler shot down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-7.

Eagle Dynamics

The company has developed Su-27 Flanker (1995), Lock On: Modern Air Combat (2003), the Lock On add-on Flaming Cliffs 3.0 (2013, featuring the Su-25T) and the Digital Combat Simulator, with the Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" as the first release (2008), and Fairchild A-10C "Warthog" as the second release (2011) - all of them being combat flight simulators.

Exint pod

Among more contemporary aircraft, it has been suggested that the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot is capable of carrying underwing pods to self-deploy, which can also carry a crew member if necessary.

Fullback

Sukhoi Su-34, a Russian fighter aircraft, from its NATO reporting name

Giora Epstein

Epstein's first kill came on June 6, 1967 during the Six Day War, when he downed an Egyptian Sukhoi-7 at El Arish.

Guizhou JL-9

The GAIEC first revealed its intention to develop a new generation of fighter-trainer to replace its own JJ-7 fighter-trainer at the 2001 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition to meet new PLAAF trainer requirements to prepare pilots for China's newest generation of fighter aircraft such as the Chengdu J-10 and Sukhoi-derived aircraft, such as the Sukhoi Su-27SK, Sukhoi Su-30MKK and Shenyang J-11.

Indonesia–Russia relations

Russia is a major arms supplier to Indonesia supplying weapons such as the Sukhoi Su-30, Sukhoi Su-27, Mil Mi-35, BMP-3 and Mil Mi-17 helicopters.

International Fighter Pilots Academy

The IFPA-FWS quickly established itself as the No.1 venue for international military pilots desiring to fly with the state-of-the-art modern Russian-built Jet Fighters such as the MIG-29UB and SU-27UB all with fully operational radar and weapons (Air-to-air missile (AAM), Air-to-surface missile (ASM) ordnance.

Jane's IAF: Israeli Air Force

The aircraft you will be flying against consist of a wide range of Soviet aircraft exported to Arab states such as the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-29, Su-17, Su-24.

Lift jet

The Soviets did side-by-side testing of versions of combat aircraft using variable geometry wings and lift jets (the results became the Mikoyan MiG-23 and Sukhoi Su-24).

Maksim Surayev

Surayev is qualified to fly L-39 and Su-27 aircraft, and has logged around 700 hours of flight time.

Maracay

The Venezuelan F-16 fighter planes are stationed here, as well as the new Sukhoi-30MKEs acquired by the Venezuelan Government.

Mikhail Simonov

Mikhail Simonov (19 October 1929 â€“ 4 March 2011) was a Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber, the Soviet Union's answer to the American F-15 Eagle.

Mirror Wars

The role of the Sabre-Toothed fighter was played by a Sukhoi Su-35UB.

Norman Anil Kumar Browne

A graduate of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, USA, he has held many appointments including Joint Director at Air War Strategy Cell at Air Headquarters, Chief Operations Officer and Air Officer Commanding of an Sukhoi Su-30 base, Air-I at Western Air Command and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence) at Air Headquarters.

Operation Unicorn

The French forces counterattacked, destroying the two Ivorian Sukhoi Su-25s at the Yamoussoukro base, fifteen minutes after the attack.

Pavel Sukhoi

He also pioneered variable-sweep aircraft, such as the Su-17 and the Su-24.

Plasma stealth

According to this June 2002 article, the Russian plasma stealth device has been tested aboard a Sukhoi Su-27IB fighter-bomber.

Sitalchay Military Airbase

The Sitalchay air base was the location of the first Soviet Air Forces Sukhoi Su-25 unit.

SU-8 photoresist

For the Soviet ground attack aircraft, see Sukhoi Su-8; for the Soviet self-propelled artillery project, see T-28#Experimental models

Sukhoi Su-10

1 x 20mm Berezin B-20E cannon fixed forward firing in lower forward fuselage.

Sukhoi Su-30

The first 2 Su-30MKMs were formally handed over in Irkutsk on 23 May 2007, later arrived in Gong Kedak airbase on 21 June.

Sukhoi Su-30MKM

Under this agreement the Russian Federation bore the cost of training two Malaysians for space travel and for sending one to the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2007 under the Angkasawan program.

Sukhoi Su-37

However, the design bureau's General Designer, Mikhail Simonov, believed asymmetrical nozzles (3D) to be more suitable.

Sukhoi Su-7

The Su-7 saw combat with Egypt in the 1967 Six Day War, the subsequent War of Attrition, and saw use in the Yom Kippur War by the Egyptians to attack Israeli ground forces.

Sukhoi Su-8

Two prototypes were completed at Plant Number 19 in Molotov 1943, the first in May and the second in August, with work hampered by the Nazi invasion and need to evacuate the Sukhoi Design Bureau to Tushino.

United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program

Lipetsk today has many of the old, current, and new Russian Air Force hardware, including the Sukhoi Su-34 and Yakovlev Yak-130.

Yamoussoukro

Two Ivorian Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft and several Mil Mi-24 helicopters were destroyed, which was most of the country's air forces.

Yamoussoukro Airport

Two Ivory Coast Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft and several Mil Mi-24 helicopters were destroyed, which was most of the country's air forces.


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