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Russian Air Force receives new Su-34 fighter-bombers Su-34 © RIA Novosti. Igor Rumyancev Russia's Air Force received four new Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers on Tuesday as part of its current modernization program, an Air Force spokesman said. Russia started full-scale production of Su-34s in 2008 at a Novosibirsk-based aircraft-manufacturing plant, a subsidiary of the Sukhoi Aircraft Holding. A total of 70 aircraft will be delivered by 2015 to replace outdated Su-24 Fencer fighter- bombers, which are currently undergoing modernization to prolong their service life. Designed by Sukhoi, the $36-million Su-34 fighter-bomber is a two-seat strike aircraft fitted with twin AL-31MF afterburning...

Sukhoi plans to hand over a new batch of Su-34 fighters to the Russian air force by year-end. The aircraft are currently undergoing flight testing at the Novosibirsk NAPO assembly facility, company officials say. Although they would not specify the total number, four aircraft are believed to be involved. This will be the first batch to be handed over since the contract signing in 2008, which calls for the delivery of 32 fighter bombers through 2013. The air force already operates five Su-34 strike aircraft from the preproduction batch. During the Vostok 2010 military exercise last July, these aircraft flew...

Sukhoi Company conducted flight tests of serial Su-34 fighter bombers at the Chkalov Aviation Production Association (NAPO) flight testing station in Novosibirsk. Serial production of the Su-34 has been set up at the NAPO plant, which is a part of the Sukhoi holding company. The Russian Air Force already has in service several Su-34s. Another consignment of such planes is due by the end of the year. In 2008 a state contract was signed with the government to supply the Russian Defense Ministry with Su-34 serial-production aircraft. The Su-34 can effectively attack land-based, sea- and airborne targets by day and...

The Russian Air Force’s in-service Su-34s designed by the Sukhoi Company have proved their superior operational capabilities and flight performance in the East-2010 military exercises held in July. In performance of the operational mission a non-stop flight was carried out from the European part of Russia to the Far East with in-flight refueling and subsequent attack as per task assigned. Soon it is planned to increase the operational capability of the aircraft by adding new aerial munitions, announced the Director General of Sukhoi Mikhail Pogosyan today at the press conference at the Farnborough International Airshow-2010. The Su-34 frontline bomber will...

A wing of latest Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter bombers has successfully accomplished a non-stop 6-thousand-kilometre test flight from the region of Lipetsk south of Moscow to the region of Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East. The Sukhoi-34’s predecessor in the niche, the Sukhoi-24, cannot fly further than 3 thousand kilometres. The Sukhoi-34 is a two-seater with a length of 22 metres and a wingspan of 14.7 metres. The maximum speed is 19 hundred kilometres an hour.

Three years after deciding to start production, the Russian Air Force received the first two production models of the Su-34 fighter-bomber. The original plan was to put 24 aircraft into service by 2010. It was hoped that they would eventually be able to buy a hundred. Apparently one goal of undertaking serial production was to encourage foreign purchases. No luck there yet. The 45 ton Su-34 is a replacement for the 43 ton Su-24 bomber, which is beginning to show its age (over twenty years). There are 300 Su-24s on the books, but most of these are not fit for...

Three years after deciding to start production, the Russian Air Force received the first two production models of the Su-34 fighter-bomber. The original plan was to put 24 aircraft into service by 2010. It was hoped that they would eventually be able to buy a hundred. Apparently one goal of undertaking serial production was to encourage foreign purchases. No luck there yet. The 45 ton Su-34 is a replacement for the 43 ton Su-24 bomber, which is beginning to show its age (over twenty years). There are 300 Su-24s on the books, but most of these are not fit for...

Pentagon officials are keeping an eye on a delivery by the Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association in Russia of three new Su-34 “Fullback”, two-seat, fighter bombers last week. It is part of an effort to create an operational force of 24 aircraft by the end of 2010. Future goals are a complete air regiment of 44 aircraft by 2010 and a total force of 200 Su-34s by 2020. Borts 04 and 05 went to Lipetsk AB combat training center – Russia’s “Top Gun” school – which is 270 mi. southeast of Moscow. Their arrival was the subject of a Russian television...

The SU steals the show 14:48 | 07/ 12/ 2007 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - The joy of the Malaysian flier who piloted a Russian Su-30 MKM fighter jet at the LIMA 2007 international maritime and aerospace show was understandable. The Sukhoi corporation has developed a family of two-seater multi-role fighters from the Su-27 Flanker that can form the core of Russia's combat aviation in the 21st century. This goal will be reached with a comprehensive MiG and Su modernization program, Yury Balyko, head of a Defense Ministry research institute, said in mid-November. He said the Su-24...

Russia’s Air Forces to Have Su-34 Fighter-Bomber Tue The Air Forces of Russia will get first Su-34 fighter-bomber on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, aide to the Air Forces commander-in-chief. The solemn ceremony for accepting the first Su-34 will be held in the Lipetsk Center of Combat Use and Flight Crew Transition on July 31, Drobyshevsky specified. The start of Su-34 development dates back to the mid.-1980s. The distinctive features of this plane that was designed based on Su-27 fighter are the two-seat cockpit, armoring, long range of action, up-to-date computers, color LCDs, satellite navigation...

Suchoi Su-34:Russia's new bomber By Piotr Butowski/KS Twenty years after the programme was officially launched, Russia's air force has taken delivery of the first Su-34 bombers to emerge from series production. A two-seater equipped with the latest systems, the Su-34 will supersede the Su-24 and remain in service with planned improvements for many decades. For Russia's air force, 15 December 2006 was a significant day: for the first time since 1992 it took delivery of a newly built warplane ? having had to make do in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union with prototypes and the modernisation...

Russian Air Force receives first advanced bombers -1 12:01 | 15/ 12/ 2006 MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Air Force received Friday its first two newly built Su-34 Fullback bombers. Designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the Su-34 will replace the Su-24 Fencer frontline bombers. Experts said the new bomber has the potential to become the best plane in its class for years to come. A ceremonial handover of the Su-34s took place at the Chkalov Aircraft Production Association in Novosibirsk, in West Siberia. In attendance were Russia's Air Force commander, Army General Vladimir Mikhailov, and Sukhoi holding...

Russian Air Force to receive unique bomber soon 21:23 | 01/ 09/ 2006 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military analyst Viktor Litovkin) - Army General Vladimir Mikhailov, commander of the Russian Air Force, recently said that the latter would receive the first batch of Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers by late 2006. Officials at the Novosibirsk-based Chkalov Aircraft Production Association, which builds these warplanes, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau, which developed them, confirmed Mikhailov's statement. The Russian Air Force has been waiting for the Su-34 for a long time. The Su-34, crewed by test pilots Igor Votintsev and Yevgeny Revunov, performed its maiden...

SU-34 (SU-27IB) FLANKER FIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT, RUSSIA The Su-34 (also known as Su-27IB) fighter bomber has been developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau Joint Stock Company in Moscow and the Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association at Novosibirsk in Russia. First deliveries of the fighter bomber are expected to begin in 2006 and it is planned as a replacement for Tu-23M and Su-24 aircraft. Su-34 is one of a number of Russian aircraft (Su-27, Su-30, Su-33 and Su-35) which have been given the NATO codename Flanker. The Su-34 fighter bomber is a derivative of the Su-27 fighter aircraft. The aircraft design retains...

The Russian air force is buying 24 new Su-34 fighter bombers. This is the latest variant of the Su-27. The Su-34 is somewhat like the American F-15E, a high performance fighter modified to act as a very effective bomber. Aside from it's similarity to the F-15E, the Su-34 has one very distinguishing characteristic. The cockpit for the two man crew not only allows for tandem (side-by-side) seating, but is spacious enough for the pilots to stand up and, standing behind their seats, stretch a bit. There is also a toilet and cooking facilities back there as well. The cockpit itself...

he Sukhoi Su-30 is a military aircraft that was produced by the Russian company Sukhoi in 1996. It is a dual-role fighter and costs 38 million dollars. The K variant costs 33 million dollars while the MKI variant Sukhoi Su-30MKI built for Indian Air Force costs 45 million dollars. It is a derivative of the Sukhoi Su-27. More than 140 of these planes will be constructed by Hindustan Aeronautics for the Indian Air Force. The Su-30 is an excellent multi-role fighter, the Russian equivalent to the American F-15E Strike Eagle. It can carry an array of TV, IR, and radar...

Russian Plant Launches Production of New Sukhoi Tactical Bomber The Novosibirsk Chkalov Aviation Production Association (NAPO) is launching production of the Su-34 bomber, the plant’s general director, Aleksandr Bobryshev, has told Itar-Tass. NAPO has begun implementing a state order for the Russian air force, building the first Su-34 mass-production tactical bomber, Bobryshev explained. “The Su-34’s radio-electronic equipment can be compared to fifth-generation aircraft,” Bobryshev said. The Su-34’s onboard equipment and weapons allow it to destroy precise protected targets in any weather, day or night. “This multipurpose aircraft can make missile strikes against targets on the ground and is also effective...

Based on the impressive Su-27 fighter, the Su-34 is a new tactical low-level bomber designed to replace the Su-24. The first Su-34 prototype was a modified Su-30 tandem two-seat trainer (itself a variant of the Su-27) reconfigured with two side-by-side seats in a widened fuselage. The widened nose also contains a terrain-following radar and terrain-avoidance system needed for low-level flight. Furthermore, the revised nose shape is a flat, sharp, chined configuration similar to that on the SR-71 Blackbird to reduce the radar cross-section of the aircraft. Like the Su-27, the Su-34 also features a rearward facing radar between the engines...