which transformed them into the re-designated Su-27SM. Despite being touted as one of its most capable warbirds in the latter stages of the Cold War, Moscow opted not to deploy the Su-27 to ...

This is a hard lesson Russia has learned multiple times. A Russian Su-27SM fighter arrives on the airfield at Belbek on November 26, 2014, soon after the annexation of Crimea. Photo by YURIY ...

They were on a mission over the Black Sea waters for more than 5 hours and targeted Su-27SM and Su-30 jets to supersonic and stratospheric targets more than 20 times," the Defense Ministry pointed ...