![]() One really interesting battle was the Cope India exercise: when India’s IAF Su-30MKI jets achieved a surprising 9:1 kill ratio against U.S. The F-15 is equipped with electronics and weaponry enabling the pilot to detect, acquire, track and attack enemy aircraft while operating in the friendly or enemy-controlled airspace. The Eagle would probably have an advantage at longer ranges because of its superior avionics. The Eagle’s air superiority is achieved through a combination of superior maneuverability (low wing loading) and acceleration (high engine thrust/weight ratio), range, weapons and multimission avionics (including a head-up display, advanced radar, inertial navigation system, flight instruments, ultrahigh frequency communications, tactical navigation system, instrument landing system, an internally mounted, tactical electronic-warfare system, “identification friend or foe” system, electronic countermeasures set and a central digital computer). One ground fire loss each was in the Abkazhia War and in the Angolan Civil War, 5 kills in the Ethiopian-Eritrean War and one in the first Chechen War. The Su-27, on the other hand, has a kill/loss ratio of 6-0, and two losses due to ground fire. Remains to be said that most of these victories took place against 3rd World Countries, with less well-trained pilots, without AWACS support etc. Here is what the F-15s killed during the Gulf War alone, according to the USAF: The only losses the F-15 fleet faced was due to ground fire. It takes place among the most successful modern fighter jets, with over 100 aerial combat victories and no losses in dogfights. The F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather, extremely manoeuvrable, tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) to gain and maintain air supremacy in aerial combat. ![]() A Flanker performs better than the Eagle in a dogfight, but is the difference that big? Each pilot would probably share a different opinion. Both, the F-15 and the Su-27 Flanker were designed as powerful air superiority fighters. The Russian Su-27 Flanker could easily compete with the United States Air Force F-15 Eagle. ![]() Video: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker doing Pugachev’s Cobra A Cobra (Pugachev’s Cobra) – briefly sustained level flight at a 120° angle of attack – is a dramatic and very demanding manoeuvre usually demonstrated by Su-27 during airshows. The Flanker is an extremely nimble aircraft, can be controlled even at very low speeds and high angles of attack. Russians proudly demonstrate it during air shows – the Russian Knights aerobatic team of the Russian Air Force performs with six Su-27. It is an exceptionally manoeuvrable machine, one of the most agile aircraft ever built. With the Flanker fighter jet, the Soviet aviation industry made a leap forward in military technology. The Su-27 is a really great aircraft and a huge success of Soviet aviation, not only because it holds 27 absolute records. Large but exceptionally agile, it had powerful engines and a big load of weaponry. The Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker was the top of Soviet technology at the time of its debut in the mid-80’s. The Sukhoi design bureau made such successful aircraft as the SU-24 Fencer strike fighter and the SU-27 Flanker series of air superiority fighters. In the eastern aviation, world Sukhoi stands for a legend. While comparing Western to Eastern technology and fighter jets we cannot skip over two widely compared aircraft: Sukhoi Su-27 “Flanker” and the McDonnell Douglas F-15 “Eagle” (now Boeing F-15 Eagle). Sukhoi – legendary and super agile Su-27 Flanker
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