Irkut, a subsidiary of Russia's United Aircraft Corp., began flight tests of the twin-seat Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter with two aircraft in late September. Su-30SM was developed for the Russian ...

Summary and 5 Points You Need to Know: A Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet was reportedly shot down over the Black Sea, with unconfirmed reports suggesting it may have been downed by a Ukrainian F-16 ...

Defense Intelligence of Ukraine shared dramatic but inconclusive footage of the claimed strike. The plane was shot down using MANPADS antiaircraft missiles, Ukraine said. Ukraine's Defense ...

Ukraine’s Magura V7 surface drone reportedly shot down two Russian Su-30SM jets using American-made Sidewinder missiles, marking a breakthrough in naval drone warfare and showcasing Ukraine’s evolving ...

IRKUTSK, February 26. /TASS/. The Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet will be standardized with the generation 4++ Su-35 fighter by its onboard equipment and armament to cut its cost price and breathe a new ...

Months back, Russia’s sophisticated Su-30SM and Su-30SM2 fighter airframes completed a set of training drills over the Kaliningrad Region, according to the state-run media outlet TASS News Agency. In ...

Khalino air base, in the city of Kursk in the oblast of the same name, is the closest military airfield to Sudzha, the border town that’s the locus of Ukraine’s surprise invasion of Kursk Oblast that ...

Russia lost seven military aircraft during Ukraine's April 5 drone attack on the Yeysk air base in Krasnodar Krai, a source at Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on April ...

One of Russia’s new wonder weapons is AWOL from the invasion of Ukraine: the Sukhoi Su-57 fighter. Unveiled in 2010, the Su-57 was originally meant to be Russia’s first fifth-generation fighter jet, ...

MOSCOW — Irkut Corporation has begun flight tests of the twin-seat Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter. The first aircraft made its 2-hr. first flight on Sept. 21; the second fighter joined the flight ...