
Su-27 (factory code T-10S; according to NATO codification: Flanker-B - "Flanker-B") - Soviet and Russian multi-purpose all-weather supersonic heavy fighter of the fourth generation, developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and designed to gain air superiority . The aircraft is also used for missile and bomb strikes against ground targets. It is a carrier of tactical nuclear weapons.
The main designers of the Su-27 at different times were Naum Semyonovich Chernyakov, Mikhail Petrovich Simonov, Artyom Alexandrovich Kolchin and Alexei Ivanovich Knyshev.
