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Su-34 Fullback Fighter Bomber Red 24, Russian Air Force, Syria, 2015
General Background
The Sukhoi Su-34 “Fullback” is an all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/strike
aircraft developed for the Russian Air Force and Navy with the intent to replace the Su-24M
“Fencer” and Tu-22MS long-range bomber. The Fullback is based on the Su-27 “Flanker” and is
deployment against ground and/or naval targets. As of April 2018 there have been 122 aircraft
manufactured including 7 prototypes. The export designation of the Su-34 is Su-32.
The Aircraft
Su-34 Red 24 was produced as T10V-30 RF-95808 in 2013 as the 30th Su-34 to be built and 3rd in a contract for 10 aircraft this year. Red 24 was assigned to the 47th Composite Guards Aviation Regiment at Baltimor. In September 2015 an initial batch of 6 Su-34s were deployed to Syria and followed up with the addition of 8 more Su-34s. One of the Su-34s in Syria was Red 24. In November 2015 a Russian Su-24 was shot down and from that time on the Su-34s are armed with air-to-air missiles.
Specifications :
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Manufacturer: | Sukhoi Aircraft Company |
| Number Produced As Of April 2018: | 122 For Russia |
| Role: | all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/strike aircraft |
| Crew: | 2 Seated Side-By-Side |
| Dimensions | |
| Length: | 23.34 m (72 ft 2 ins) |
| Wingspan: | 14.7 m 99948 ft 3 ins) |
| Height: | 6.09 m (19 ft 5 ins) |
| Wing area: | 62.04 m² (667.8 ft²) |
| Weight: | |
| Empty: | 22,500 kg (49,608 lbs) |
| Loaded: | 39,000 kg (85,980 lbs) |
| Maximum Takeoff: | 45,100 kg (99,425 lbs) |
| Performance | |
| Power Plant: | 2 X Saturn AL-31FMI Turbofans |
| Internal Fuel: | 12,100 kg (15,400 l / 31,970 U.S. gallons |
| Maximum Speed: | @ Altitude – Mach 1.8+ (1,931 km/h / 1,200 mph) |
| @ Sea Level – Mack 1.2 (1,400km/h / 870 mph) | |
| Service Ceiling: | 15,000 m (49,200 ft) |
| Range @ Low Altitude | 1,100 km (680 mi / 590 nmi) |
| Armament: | |
| Gun: | 1 X 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-301 Auto-Cannon w/ 180 Rounds |
| Hardpoints: | 12 |
| Wing And Fuselage With Capacity Of 8,000 : | 12,000 kg (17,600 – 26,500 lbs) To Carry Combinations Of |
| Rockets: | B-8 Rocket Pods For 20 X S-8KOM/OM/BM
B-13 Rocket Pods For 5 X S-13T/OF O-25 Rocket Pods For 1 X S-25OFM-PU S-80FP |
| Missiles: | Air-To-Air
2 × R-27R/ER/T/ET 2 × R-73 2 × R-77 Air-To-Surface Kh-29L/T/D Kh-38MAE/MKE/MLE/MTE Kh-25ML/MT Kh-59ME/MK/MK2 Kh-58 Anti-ship Kh-31A/AD Kh-35U P-800 Oniks Kh-41 Anti-radiation Kh-25MP Kh-58 Kh-31P/PD Cruise Kh-36 Kh-65S/SE Kh-SD |
| Bombs: | KAB-500KR TV-guided
KAB-500L laser-guided KAB-500OD guided KAB-500S-E satellite-guided KAB-1500KR TV-guided KAB-1500L laser-guided OFAB-250-270 OFAB-100-120 FAB-500T general-purpose 2 × BETAB-500SHP P-50T ODAB-500PM RBK-500 cluster SPBE-D |