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Sukhoi Delivers Last Classic “Flanker” to Russian MoD

The Komosomolsk-upon-Amur factory revealed that it has delivered the last of the baseline Su-27 "Flanker" family to the Russian forces.

The Su-27SM3 can be identified by the additional radio antenna behind the canopy. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

By Vladimir Karnozov

March 2, 2019

Sukhoi’s main factory in Komsomolsk-upon-Amur (KAZ) has completed shipments under the Russian defense ministry orders for the Su-27SM3 single-seat multirole fighter, representing the last production variant of the baseline Su-27, NATO codenamed “Flanker.” Speaking to journalists on February 26, the factory’s general director, Alexander Pekarsh, said that the Sukhoi design bureau and KAZ commenced work on this project in the early 2000s. “Since then we have supplied the customer with a quantity of such aircraft enough to equip two air regiments. In the course of that effort, the baseline model has been reworked into a much more capable machine. We have recently completed deliveries from the final order for 10 aircraft. There were four shipments in 2017 and six in 2018.”

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