An Antonov AN-124-100 of the 224th Flight Unit flanked by 4 Sukhov Su-27s during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, Russia
An Antonov AN-124-100 (RA-82028) of the 224th Flight Unit flanked by 4 Sukhov Su-27s of the Russia aerobatic team during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, Russia. The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (NATO reporting name: Condor) is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union (USSR). Until the Boeing 747-8F, the An-124 was, for thirty years, the world's highest aircraft gross weight production cargo airplane and second heaviest operating cargo aircraft, behind the one-off Antonov An-225 (a greatly enlarged design based on the An-124). The An-124 remains the largest military transport aircraft in the world. The Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a twin-engine super maneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large United States fourth-generation fighters such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle, with 3,530-kilometer (1,910 nmi) range, heavy aircraft ordnance, sophisticated avionics and high mobility. The Su-27 most often flies air supremacy missions, but its most modern variants are able to perform almost all aerial warfare operations. Complementing the smaller MiG-29, the Su-27 has its closest US counterpart in the F-15 Eagle.
Size: 4368px × 2912px
Location: Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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