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| Tango01 | 28 Dec 2020 8:53 p.m. PST |
"Throughout 2020, the Russian Air Force scrambled its Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets to intercept and "shadow" foreign aircraft that approached Russian air space. The fighters have been a key component in Russia's aerial defense and the fighters have been sortied over the neutral waters of the Baltic, Barents and Black Seas and have been deployed to escort reconnaissance and patrol aircraft. Developed during the Cold War by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and manufactured by Irkut Corporation, the twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter aircraft was the Soviet Union's answer to the United States fourth-generation fighters including the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle. The Su-27 Flanker was the last major fighter to enter service with the Soviet Air Force, and it was intended both to defeat U.S. fighters over central Europe in a NATO-Warsaw Pact conflict and to patrol the airspace of the Soviet Union against U.S. bomber incursions…" Main page
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