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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hristo on March 23, 2003, 09:50:22 AM

Title: Su 27 ?
Post by: Hristo on March 23, 2003, 09:50:22 AM

Since this plane is not WW2, I put it in this forum.

How capable is that plane ?
Any combat record ?

tnx

Title: Su 27 ?
Post by: Mini D on March 23, 2003, 09:54:57 AM

Its one of the best handling non vectored thrust aircraft made.  Its avionics/radar are supposed to be revolutionary too.

Its down side:  The plane is only as good as those maintaining it and the system.  And... it has no stealth capabilities.  Maneuverability vs invisibility is a pretty huge comparison point these days.

MiniD

Title: Su 27 ?
Post by: Hangtime on March 23, 2003, 09:58:43 AM

i regard it as superior in ACM to the eagle.

no combat record as far as i am aware.

would be a very tough customer in the hands of competent pilots.

I understandsome NATO countrys now operate it.

with integrated NATO weapons, i suspect it would be a tremendous fighter.. but current production F-22's would tend to make it like all other last century fighters, pitifully inadequite.

Title: Su 27 ?
Post by: Boroda on March 23, 2003, 11:18:02 AM

Hang, Su-27 and MiG-29 have some combat record. They were fighting in a war between Ephiopia and Eritrea, both sides scored several victories.

Su-27 isn't in service in any NATO country. It's MiG-29. 24 MiG-29s are in service in Germany, 30 or 40 where bought by the US from Moldavia (probably the greatest Moldavian export so far ;)).