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Su-24 FENCER (SUKHOI)

The wings are high-mounted, variable, swept-back, and tapered. There are twin turbofan engines. The air intakes are tapered away from the body, rectangular-shaped, and mounted on the body forward of the wings’ leading edges. There are twin exhausts. The fuselage is long, slender, with pointed, solid nose, and rectangular-shaped body from the air intakes to the exhausts. There are two belly fins and four pylons. There is a bubble canopy. The dorsal spine extends from the cockpit to the tail. The tail fin is swept-back and tapered with square tip. The flats are high-mounted on the fuselage, swept-back, and tapered with angular tips.

Variants

Later production marks may have different engines, POS R-29Bs @11500Kg.

Specifications

Country of Origin CIS (formerly USSR)
Similar Aircraft
  • Tornado
  • F-111
  • F-14 Tomcat
  • F-15 Eagle
  • MiG-23/-27 Flogger
    • Crew Two
    Role
  • all-weather attack
  • fighter-bomber
  • strike
    • Armament
  • cannon
  • missiles
  • bombs
    • Length 69 ft, 6 in (20 m)
    Span 56 ft, 6 in (17.26 m)
    Ceiling 16500 meters
    Cruise range 1930nm
    In-Flight Refueling Yes
    Internal Fuel 10385 kg
    Payload 8000 kg
    Sensors Fencer radar, terrain-following radar, LRMTS, RWR, Advanced bombsight
    Drop Tanks 3000 L drop tank with 2396kg of fuel for 233nm range
    Armament Cannon: GSh-6N-30 30mm rotary
    AS-7/9/10/11/12/14, AA-8, FAB-500, TN-1000, AA-11
    User Countries
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • CIS
  • Iran
  • Kazakhstan
  • Libya
  • Syria
  • Ukraine

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