SU-27 for US Air Force
P.Wezeman
Hello,
According to several sources 2 SU-27 Flankers have been delivered to
the US Air Force. One of them inside an AN-124 on 26 November 1995.
Does anyone have more information on this ? For example where they are
now, what they are used for, where they came from.
Pieter Wezeman
David R. Hames
According to reports a couple of months ago the aircraft were from
Belarus - this bit I know to be true. It was also said that the aircraft
are operating from Area 51! possiable I suppose! in a sort of research
program.
Cheers!
Dave
José Herculano
> According to reports a couple of months ago the aircraft were from
> Belarus - this bit I know to be true. It was also said that the aircraft
> are operating from Area 51! possiable I suppose! in a sort of research
> program.
It is no secret that the US has a squadron of possible boggies. That has
included MiG-21s and 23s for ages, MiG-29s were said to have joined not
long ago, and I wouldn't be surprise (quite the opposite) if now there are
a couple of Flankers there. Common business sense ;-)
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José Herculano
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user
> Hello,
>
> According to several sources 2 SU-27 Flankers have been delivered to
> the US Air Force. One of them inside an AN-124 on 26 November 1995.
> Does anyone have more information on this ? For example where they are
> now, what they are used for, where they came from.
>
A while ago I read about 2 Su-27 of the Russian airforce flown by Russians
at some US continental airbase. They had several mock combat with F-15's
fighters. However, I dont't know any of the results except that couple of
Russian newspapers called the visit "a complete success for Russian best
air superiority fighter". It was in 1995.
Alex.
obibond
agressor squadrons) at friendly visit. They had "manouevring exercise"
with F-15s (can't recall exact unit name, but I can check - it sounded
like 1-st fighter wing or something like that). Said exercise was made
as follows: Flanker starts behind F-15, the latter tries to shake
Flanker off, then vice versa.
First round - F-15 making turns at full throttle. Flanker keeps glued to
Eagles tail at max. dry thrust, frequently engaging one of his
afterburners to keep speed.
Second round - Flanker gives full thrust, starts to turn wildly. After
1,5 full turns Russian pilot finds himself behind the Eagle. Then - see
round one.
At least this is how it was described by Rusian pilots right after they
returned.
Andrey Shvetsov
Bubba Wolford
WHAT A SURPRISE!!!! How did I know that you were going to say that? Damn...
call me Sherlock Holmes JR. !!!!!!!!!
Andrew P Pavacic
WHAT A SURPRISE!!!! How did I know that you were going to say that? Damn...
call me Sherlock Holmes JR. !!!!!!!!!
In article <01bccf97$e5350600$016e6e6e@bubba-s-p133>,
Mike Kopack
Probably much the same thing the Iranian F-14A Tomcat was doing in
Russia (USSR) with it's Phoenix missiles!
Mike
Alexei Gretchikhine wrote:
> user <us...@host.sub.domain> wrote:
>
> > In article <342BAD...@sipri.se>, pwez...@sipri.se wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > According to several sources 2 SU-27 Flankers have been delivered
> to
> > > the US Air Force. One of them inside an AN-124 on 26 November
> 1995.
> > > Does anyone have more information on this ? For example where they
> are
> > > now, what they are used for, where they came from.
> > >
> >
> > A while ago I read about 2 Su-27 of the Russian airforce flown by
> Russians
> > at some US continental airbase. They had several mock combat with
> F-15's
> > fighters. However, I dont't know any of the results except that
> couple of
> > Russian newspapers called the visit "a complete success for Russian
> best
> > air superiority fighter". It was in 1995.
>
> The account Alex describes has nothing to do with the original
> inquiry.
> Yes, there tons of exchange visits where F-15 were flown against
> Su-27.
> The Su-27 had performed quite well. However, a privately ran business
> had acquired two Su-27 from Belarus at about the time original poster
> states. These were since seen in worm and sandy places in continental
> US. It does not take much thinking to figure what they are used for.
>
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