* 1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.

Libyan Sukhoi Su-17 | Su-22 fighter-bomber, 1985

** Gulf of Sidra incident ( 1981 ): Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi sends two Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two U. S. fighters over the Gulf of Sidra.

While in their CAP pattern, the F-14s detected two Sukhoi Su-22 Fitters taking off from Ghurdabiyah Air Base near the city of Sirte.

The FAP carries out no less than 16 ground attack sorties, throwing its fleet of Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bombers into the battle.

The Dassault Mirage F1 | Mirage F. 1JA ( FAE-806 ) was one of aircraft involved in the claimed shot down of two Peruvian Sukhoi Su-22 on February 10, 1995.

* March 20 – A U. S. Air Force F-15C Eagle of the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing uses an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile to shoot down an Iraqi Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 ( NATO reporting name " Fitter ") which is violating the post-Gulf War Coalition prohibition against Iraqi military flights.

The Iraqi Air Force ( IrAF ) had at least two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-22, one of Su-25, one of Mirage F1 and two of MiG-23 fighter-bombers.

Close up of the wing fences of an Luftstreitkräfte der NVA | East German Sukhoi Su-17 | Su-22

* Gulf of Sidra incident ( 1981 ): Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi sent two Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two U. S. Navy F-14 Tomcat fighters that had taken off from the U. S. S.

* 2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.

* 2012 – A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.

* July 2 – Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi, Russian aircraft engineer ( d. 1975 )

Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (; ) ( July 22, 1895 – September 15, 1975 ) was a Soviet aerospace engineer.

In 1958 – 1974 Sukhoi served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

** Sukhoi PAK FA – on PAK-FA aircraft the part of the wing that includes the LERX is movable to control the airflow at high angles of attack, similar to a wing leading flap.

* August 19 – Two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats of Fighter Squadron 41 ( VF-41 ) aboard the aircraft carrier shoot down two Sukhoi Su-22s ( NATO reporting name " Fitter ") of the Libyan Air Force over the Gulf of Sidra 60 nautical miles ( 111 km ) off the coast of Libya using AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.

* September 1 – Soviet National Air Defense Forces Sukhoi Su-15 fighters shoot down Korean Air Flight 007, a Boeing 7474-230B, killing all 269 people on board.

* November 9 – 11 – During the last three days of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations Able Archer 83 command post exercise, the Soviet Union places its forces on alert – including Sukhoi Su-24 ( NATO reporting name " Fencer ") bombers of the Soviet Air Forces 4th Air Army at cockpit readiness – out of fear that NATO is about to attack the Warsaw Pact.

* 27 September – Sukhoi 30 MKI was inducted in Indian Air Force

* November 13 – Sukhoi Su-9

* May 26 – Sukhoi Su-9

* June 24 – Sukhoi T-405, prototype of the Sukhoi Su-9 ( NATO reporting name " Fitter-B " and " Fishpot ")

* July 14 – Major V. Ilyushin of the Soviet Union sets a new altitude record of 28, 852 m ( 94, 659 ft ) in the Sukhoi T-431.

* July 14 – Sukhoi T-431

* April 13 – Sukhoi Su-27IB prototype

* February 6 – Two U. S. Air Force F-15C Eagles of the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing use AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles to shoot down four Iraqi Air Force aircraft – two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s ( NATO reporting name " Fishbed ") and two Sukhoi Su-25s ( NATO reporting name " Frogfoot ") – fleeing to Iran at an altitude of about 100 feet ( 30 m ).

According to various sources Velasco's government bought between 600 to 1200 T-55 Main Battle Tanks, APC ` s, 60 to 90 Sukhoi 22 warplanes, 500, 000 assault rifles, and even considered the purchase of a British carrier Centaur-class light fleet carrier HMS Bulwark.

Airforce personnel total about 8, 000 ; its equipment includes eight Russian-manufactured Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft and transport planes.

Current examples: F-15E Strike Eagle, F / A-18 Hornet, Sukhoi Su-34 ' Fullback ', Chengdu J-10, Xian JH-7, Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000, and the Panavia Tornado ; historical examples: Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, Heinkel He 111, Dornier Do 17, Dornier Do 215, Junkers Ju 88, Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, P-47 Thunderbolt, Hawker Typhoon, and F-4 Phantom II.

In the same situation was its fleet of Sukhoi Su-22M fighter-bombers, with some seven aircraft in flying conditions ; the lack of preparedness even affected the Cessna A-37B subsonic counterinsurgency and ground-attack aircraft.

* February 7 – U. S. Air Force F-15C Eagles use AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles to shoot down three Iraqi Air Force Sukhoi Su-22s ( NATO reporting name " Fitter ") flying to Iran, as well as an Iraqi Mil Mi-24 ( NATO reporting name " Hind ") helicopter in northern Iraq ; a U. S. Navy F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron 1 uses an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile to down an Iraqi Mil Mi-8 ( NATO reporting name " Hip ") helicopter ; and a U. S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II of the 926th Tactical Fighter Group uses 30-mm cannon fire to shoot down an Iraqi Bo 105 helicopter.

This programme came about when Russia agreed to transport one Malaysian to the International Space Station as part of a multi-billion dollar purchase of 18 Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKM fighter jets by the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Sukhoi Su-15 | Su-15, one of the principal Soviet Air Defence interceptors in the 1970s and 1980s

On 1 September 1983, a Soviet interceptor Sukhoi Su-15 shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 after it flew into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 passengers and crew.

The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on Saturday July 27, 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 of the Ukrainian Falcons crashed during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine.

A full fledged Air Force Station is operational at Thanjavur which stations several Fighter ( aircraft ) including Sukhoi jets.

Air Koryo is also in talks over possible orders for Sukhoi Superjet 100 to replace the aging Tu-134 and An-24 aircraft.

* Sukhoi Su-24 ( NATO reporting name " Fencer ") with Soviet Air Force

A Soviet Air Defense Forces Sukhoi Su-15 ( NATO reporting name " Flagon ") fighter hits the airliner with an air-to-air missile, badly damaging the left wing and puncturing the fuselage, killing two passengers.

* April 24 – A U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying out an anti-narcotics mission over Peru is attacked by Peruvian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22s.