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ACIG Database
Kazakhstan
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| Kazakhistan Air force Su-27 as seen at the 604. Air Base, Taldygorgan, in March 2006. (All artworks by Jan Mikes, unless otherwise stated) |
Russia
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| Prototype T-10-17, ‚blue 17‘ joined the testing program in 1982, but the machine was lost in 1983. |
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| Su-27S from first production batches, ‚red 36‘, Kilp Yavr AFB, Soviet VVS, 1987. First observation of Su-27 by the West took place on January 7, 1987 when two Norvegian F-16s intercepted two Flankers. In April 1987, Norwegian P-3 took the first photography of Su-27. But for the better quality pictures, west had to wait till the September 13, 1987. At that day another Flanker (‘red 36’) came to intercept Norwegian P-3. Flanker passed to less than two meters of Orion at 10. 39. Fifteen minutes later, Flanker approached again and the propellers of Orion struck vertical stabilizer tip of Known-27. Both airplanes returned safelz to thein bases. In the 1990s, the ‘red 38’ was reserialed to ‘red 38’ and it now carries Orion kill marking on the left side of the fuselage. |
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| Early production Su-27S ‚red 35‘, Su-27 from 177IAP, Lodeynoye Pole AFB, 2005. |
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| Su-27S "Blue 01" from the 689th GvIAP Russian Navy, Nivenskoye AFB (Kaliningrad region), 2003. |
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| Su-27S "Blue 01" in uniform blue sheme with Russian tricolour, as seen at Chkalov AB (near Lipetsk), in 2005. |
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| Su-30MK demonstrator ‚603‘ was first shown on IDEX' 93 in Dubai then on FIDAE' 94 in Chile. To reach the Chile, the ‚603‘ crossed non stop the Atlantic without any external fuel tanks ior refuelling. |
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