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Sukhoi Su-17
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fitter, Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter, Su-17
attack aircraft family by Sukhoi
Key facts
- Type
- Fighter-bomber
- National origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Sukhoi
- Status
- In limited service
- Primary users
- Soviet Air Forces (historical) Syrian Air Force (historical), Polish Air Force (historical), Vietnam People's Air Force , Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Number built
- 2,867
- Manufactured
- 1969–1990
- First flight
- 2 August 1966
- Developed from
- Sukhoi Su-7
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- fighter-bomber
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Operator
- Poland
- Based on
- Sukhoi Su-7
- Developer
- Sukhoi Design Bureau
- Image
- 25 Jahre NATO AWACS in Geilenkirchen.jpg
- Height
- 4.75
- Length
- 18.75
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- service entry
- 1970-00-00
- first flight
- 1966-08-02
- Commons category
- Sukhoi Su-17
- powered by
- Lyulka AL-21
- armament
- Kh-58
- NATO reporting name
- Fitter
- Commons gallery
- Sukhoi Su-17
- total produced
- 2867
- maximum operating altitude
- 18000
- wingspan
- 13.7
- native label
- Су-17
- wing area
- 40.1
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S-32; NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter Soviet service and featured updated avionics. The aircraft also has variants which were designed for export such as the Sukhoi Su-22 and the less popular Su-20.
It was produced from 1967 to 1990. The Su-17/20/22 series had a long career and has been operated by many air forces, including those of the Soviet Union and other members of the Warsaw Pact, countries in the Arab world, Angola and Peru.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sukhoi Su-17” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.