Sukhoi
Sukhoi (Сухой) is a major Russian military fighter aircraft manufacturer. Founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su), it is currently known as Sukhoi Corporation. It is comprised of the JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau located in Moscow, the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association (NAPO), the Komsomolsk-na-Amure Aviation Production Association (KnAAPO) and Irkutsk Aviation. Currently, the Su-27, Su-30, Su-24, Su-25, Su-24M and Su-33 shipborne aircraft are in service of the Russian Air Force and Navy. Sukhoi fighter aircraft were supplied to India, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Syria, Algeria, North Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Angola, Ethiopia, and Peru. A total of more than 2000 Sukhoi aircraft were supplied to foreign countries on export contracts.
With its Su-26, Su-29 and Su-31 models Sukhoi is also one of the leading manufacturers of aerobatics aircrafts.
Sukhoi ModelsSu-2 - light bomberSu-7 Fitter - attack planeSu-9 Fishpot - interceptor fighterSu-11 Fishpot - interceptor fighterSu-15 Flagon - interceptor fighterSu-17 Fitter - attack planeSu-20 Fitter - attack planeSu-22 Fitter - attack planeSu-24 Fencer - jet bomberSu-25 Frogfoot - ground attack aircraft Su-26 single seat aerobatic aircraft ( civil)Su-27 Flanker-A/BSu-29 double- seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)Su-30 Flanker-CSu-33 single seat aerobatic aircraft ( civil)Su-33 Naval Flanker (Flanker-D)Su-34 Platypus (Flanker-IB)Su-35 Flanker-ESu-37 Super Flanker (Flanker-F)Su-39 Frogfoot - ground attack aircraft Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21 supersonic business jetS-80, a twin-turboprop STOL Russian Regional Jet
Experimental modelsSu-5 - jet-cum-propeller fighter Su-6 - ground attack aircraftSu-8 - ground attack aircraftSu-9 - jet fighterSu-47 Berkut - multirole fighterT-4 - supersonic bomber See also: List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
External linksCompany web site: http://www.sukhoi.org/Other sources: http://www.sukhoi.ru/Russian Aviation Museum Sukhoi Pages : http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/sukhoj.html Painting: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/alvmaia/Sukhoi/
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