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 Models

Su-2 – light bomber
Su-7 Fitter – attack plane
Su-9 Fishpot – interceptor fighter
Su-11 Fishpot – interceptor fighter
Su-15 Flagon – interceptor fighter
Su-17 Fitter – attack plane
Su-20 Fitter – attack plane
Su-22 Fitter – attack plane
Su-24 Fencer – jet bomber
Su-25 Frogfoot – ground attack aircraft
Su-26 single seat aerobatic aircraft ( civil)
Su-27 Flanker-A/B
Su-29 double- seat aerobatic aircraft (civil)
Su-30 Flanker-C
Su-33 single seat aerobatic aircraft ( civil)
Su-33 Naval Flanker (Flanker-D)
Su-34 Platypus (Flanker-IB)
Su-35 Flanker-E
Su-37 Super Flanker (Flanker-F)
Su-39 Frogfoot – ground attack aircraft
Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21 supersonic business jet
S-80, a twin-turboprop STOL
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Experimental models

Su-5 – jet-cum-propeller fighter
Su-6 – ground attack aircraft
Su-8 – ground attack aircraft
Su-9 – jet fighter
Su-47 Berkut – multirole fighter
T-4 – supersonic bomber

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External links

Company 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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