The Su-27 is a long-range air superiority fighter, comparable to the U.S. F-15 but superior in many respects. It's a twin-engined aircraft using a blended wing and fuselage, and twin tail fins. At airshows the Su-27 demonstrated an exceptional controllability at high angles of attack.
The Su-27 (NATO Code Name Flanker) is the front-line fighter aircraft designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. The export version is the Su-27SK. The aircraft is equipped to operate autonomously in combat over hostile territory, in escort of deep-penetration strike aircraft and in the suppression of enemy airfields. The aircraft gives general air defense in cooperation with ground and airborne control stations.
A naval version of the Su-27, as well known as the Su-33, with canards and folding wings, has been tested on Russia's first Aircraft carriers, and there as well two-seat attack version, the Su-27IB or Su-34, with side-by-side seating in a reshaped nose.
