Here’s What You Need to Know: The Su-30SM offers numerous internal improvements over its four-decade old predecessor. The “Russian Knights” aerobatic team took to the Malaysian skies at the LIMA-2019 ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A Russian Su-30SM multi-role fighter jet crashed in Syria on Thursday, killing both of its pilots, Russian news agencies reported. The agencies, ...

I am approaching the recent Su-30SM shootdown as part of a longer arc in Russia’s air war, not as an isolated incident. By tracing how the conflict reached day 1,227, how it is being documented in ...

Russia hopes to order 36 upgraded versions of the two-seat Sukhoi Su-30SM Flanker-H multirole fighter that would replace the jet’s existing Salyut AL-31FP with the Saturn AL-41F-1S found onboard the ...

The video in this post was reportedly filmed during a mission over Deir Ez Zor, Syria. It shows an armed Russian Air Force Su-30SM jet, escorting an Il-76 involved in an air-drop from high altitude, ...

A Russian Su-30 conducted a VID intercept on a U.S. aircraft over Syria. On Oct. 10, a Russian Su-30SM belonging to the contingent deployed to Latakia, in Syria, had a close encounter with a ...

The upcoming version will receive new engines and radars, as well as guided bombs and missiles, in order to make the 30-year-old fighter jet a “bird” to be reckoned with in modern warfare. According ...

Armenia has emerged as the latest customer for the Russian-made Su-30SM heavyweight fighter. This was officially confirmed on 5 February by the Armenian MoD. A spokesperson said that the initial order ...

Moscow-based aircraft manufacturer Irkut is showcasing the multirole Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter at the Dubai air show, among a host of military products on display from the Russian industry delegation.