Sukhoi Edit

[Rachelle Shriver]

picnot mine credit to bram botterman LINK -airlines/cityjet-sukhoi-superjet-100-95-just-landed-brussels-airport/ we need some russian aircrafts to in IF and we need more brussels airlines in IF to so i think this is a perfect combo this is operated by city jet on behalf for brussels airlines

This suggestion was a bit more complex, due lack of information in European internet and confusing claimings by some sources. I will discribe both versions and give all needed information about them. The Su-27SM and especially the Su-27SM3 are in my eyes the best options for an russian equal to the american F-14B / D Tomcat (SM) and F-15C Eagle (SM3), as well as a better option compared to Su-30M2.

DISCLAIMER:This suggestions contains pictures of the Su-27SM, the Su-27SM3 has an seperate one HERE as both were refelcted together in the orginal suggestion. I will probebly switch the non-matching pictures in future.

Since the Su-27 Flanker first entered service in the Soviet Air Force in 1985, the platform has undergone multiple upgrades to allow it to better contest air superiority against more modern adversaries. The Su-27 was initially designed to engage and outperform the American F-15 Eagle - with both fourth generation air superiority platforms forming the elite of the Warsaw Pact and NATO Air fleets. With new and more advanced air superiority fighters having been developed since them, including the 4++ generation F-15E and Su-35S, Su-30SM and the fifth generation F-22 and Su-57, Russia has focused heavily on upgrading the original Flanker design and integrating next generation technologies to allow it to better contest air superiority on the modern battlefield.

The Su-27SM (Serial Modernization 1) is a mid-life upgrade of the already mass-produced Su-27S / P Flanker-B, as well as remaining Su-27SK, comparable to the F-16 and its "MLU" upgrade. The aim of this modernization was to bring the outdated Su-27s, which are still in the inventory of the Russian armed forces today, real multi-role capability and an overall service-life expandation. For this purpose, the old N001 radar was improved, through the use of the SUV-27ESh weapons control system and renamed to N001V, as well as N001VE for the export market. The new old radar enables the use of R-77 ("AA-12 Adder"), the Kh-31A / P anti-ship and anti-radiation missiles, ground mapping has been added as well, which makes it possible to detect ground targets .The cockpit has also been modernized. Two large MFDs and a smaller MFI, multi-function displays are now available to the pilot. The whole SM program increased the combat efficiency of the upgraded Flankers by 60%. First batch of Su-27SM were handedto the Russian Air Force in 2003.

However @WreckingAres283at this moment this and your Su-27SM3 suggestion are way to similar to eachother. We ask you that you edit your suggestions futher so that each suggestions properly reflects the aircraft you are suggesting.

Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft operating within international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023. Russian Su-27s dumped fuel upon and struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters. (U.S. Air Force video)

(Editor's Note: This declassified video has been edited for length, however, the events are depicted in sequential order.)

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