Powering the Su-27 are two Saturn AL-31F turbofan engines, each producing over 27,500 pounds of thrust with afterburners. These engines give the Flanker a top speed exceeding Mach 2.35 (around 1,550 ...

In 1965, the Soviet Air Force tasked the Mikoyan design bureau with crafting this revolutionary craft under the leadership of chief Soviet designer Gleb Lozino-Lozinsky. The Spiral Project aimed ...

Replacing the aerobatic team’s iconic 50-year-old planes with Russian designed jets would be “outrageous”, Tories said last night. The RAF could have to turn to Vladimir Putin as the ...