The French military performed an overland attack on the airport, destroying two Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft and three Mi-24 helicopter gunships.

He also made a number of projects that were not developed, including the ambitious Mach-3-capable Sukhoi T-3 attack aircraft.

The Gambian army operates a single Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot attack jet.

Sukhoi Su-24 ground attack aircraft.

** 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.

* 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.

The Sukhoi Su-27 was the first aircraft to display publicly thrust vectoring for pitch ( called 2D TVC ), making the aircraft highly maneuverable, capable of near-zero airspeed at high angles of attack without stalling, and dynamic aerobatics at low speeds like Pugachev's Cobra.

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

Today, close support is typically carried out by fighter-bombers or dedicated ground attack aircraft, such as the A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog or Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot, but even large high-altitude bombers can occasionally fill close support roles using precision guided munitions.

The GSh-6-23 is used by the now-obsolete Sukhoi Su-15 ' Flagon ', the Sukhoi Su-24 ' Fencer ' attack aircraft, the MiG-31 ' Foxhound ' interceptor aircraft, and others.

The GSh-30-2 is carried by the Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack plane and in external gun pods.

However, some notable examples of its use include USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Soviet / Russian-built Sukhoi Su-25 ground-attack aircraft, utilizing a bathtub-shaped titanium enclosure for the pilot, as well as the Soviet / Russian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter.

For example, in the USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft and the Soviet-built Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack jet, as well as the Mil Mi-24 Hind ground-attack helicopter, the pilot sits in a titanium enclosure known as the " bathtub " for its shape.

The missile has often been confused in the west with the 9A1472 Vikhr dual-purpose laser beam riding missile used on the Kamov helicopters and Sukhoi attack aircraft ( as well as some Ukrainian Mi-24 / 35 upgrades ).

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

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

* 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.

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.

It was mainly Sukhoi Su-7, MiG-21 fighter jets, T-34 and Iosif Stalin tanks, SU-76 self-propelled guns, GAZ-69 4x4 light trucks of jeep class ( in many versions ), ZIL-157 military trucks, Katyusha multiple rocket launchers, and BTR-40 and BTR-152 armored personnel carriers.

* On July 27, 2002, a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes at an air show in Ukraine, killing 85 and injuring more than 100, making it the worst air show disaster in history.

** 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.

** A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes at an air show in Ukraine, killing 77 and injuring more than 100, making it the worst air show disaster in history ( see Sknyliv airshow disaster ).

* The Sukhoi PAK FA stealth fighter is expected to be available for export in 2025.

The last fighter Sukhoi designed was the T-10 ( Su-27 ) but he did not live to see it fly.

* Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd at an airshow in Lviv in Ukraine, killing at least 78 people and injuring many more.

* The US $ 35 billion fifth-generation fighter jet program with the Sukhoi Corporation of Russia.

This design was used ( albeit at different scales ) for the MiG-23 fighter and the Sukhoi Su-24 interdictor, which flew in prototype forms at the end of the 1960s, entering service in the early 1970s.

* Sukhoi Su-34, a Russian fighter aircraft, from its NATO reporting name

The Malaysian opposition has accused Najib of involvement in the receipt of large commissions for the purchases of two Scorpène submarines, 18 Sukhoi fighter jets, 12 Eurocopters helicopters and a military bomb involved in the murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa.

* Sukhoi / Israel Aircraft Industries / Dornier SV-51 ( Macross Zero )-Atmospheric-use variable fighter used by anti-UN forces

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.

* 27 July – A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd of spectators at an air show in Sknyliv near Lviv, Ukraine, killing 77.

* Sukhoi T-50 / PAK FA: fifth generation fighter.

The Advanced Tactical Fighter ( ATF ) was a demonstration and validation program undertaken by the United States Air Force to develop a next-generation air superiority fighter to counter emerging worldwide threats, including Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 and Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters under development in the 1980s.

* January 29, 2010 – Sukhoi PAK FA, first Russian fifth generation fighter aircraft.

The Yongxing Island Airport was completed in July 1990, with a 2, 700-metre runway that is capable of handling any third-generation fighter aircraft of the Chinese airforce such as the Sukhoi Su-30MKK.

* Su-47 Berkut, a Russian experimental supersonic jet fighter developed by Sukhoi

* Fencer, the NATO reporting name of the Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet

Most modern combat aircraft can carry a pair of basic air-to-air missiles and some of the larger fighters such as the Sukhoi Su-27 can carry as many as 12.

* Sukhoi Su-22 – 90 ; The Libyan Air Force operated as many as 90 Su-22, with around 40 Su-22M3 and Su-22UM3K aircraft in service by the time of the 2011 Libyan civil war.

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

“ Frogfoot ,” the reporting name for the Sukhoi Su-25, references the aircraft ’ s close air support role.

Two Ivorian Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft and several Mil Mi-24 helicopters were destroyed, which was most of the country's air forces.

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

*" Rook ", a Russian nickname for the Sukhoi Su-25 jet aircraft

He designed the Sukhoi military aircraft and founded the Sukhoi Design Bureau.

During the following years, Sukhoi designed and constructed aircraft including the record-setting Tupolev ANT-25 and the TB-1 and TB-3 heavy bombers.

In the postwar years, Sukhoi was among the first Soviet aircraft designer who led the work on jet aircraft, creating several experimental jet fighters.

* Sukhoi T-4, a Soviet aircraft

Vedeneyev produces the M-14P radial of to ) as used on Yakovlev and Sukhoi aerobatic aircraft.

The NATO reporting names for Soviet / Russian ground-attack aircraft usually classified them as " F " ( fighters ) instead of " B " ( bombers ) — possibly because ( since Sukhoi Su-7 Fitter ) they were similar in size, range, and weapons to Soviet fighters, or were simply derivatives of such.

Size comparison between a Sukhoi Superjet 100 ( narrow-body ) and an Ilyushin Il-96 | Ilyushin Il-96-300 ( widebody aircraft )

* 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.

* Sukhoi, a Russian aircraft company