Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft.
F-14 Tomcat,
F-15 Eagle,
MiG-31 Foxhound.
Crew. One.
Role. Interceptor, reconnaissance.
Armament. Air-to-air missiles.
Dimensions. Length: 70 ft (21.34 m). Span: 41 ft (12.6 m).
Wings. High-mounted, swept-back, and tapered with square tips.
Engine(s). Two turbojets. Large rectangular air intakes below the canopy and forward of the wing roots. Dual exhaust.
Fuselage. Long and slender with solid, pointed nose. Box-like from the air intakes to rear section. Bubble canopy.
Tail. Twin, sweptback, and tapered fins with angular tips. Flats mid- to low-mounted on fuselage, swept-back, and tapered with angular tips.
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, CIS, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine.
Updated: 31 January 2008 | Born 03 September 2000 |