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Sukhoi Su-24
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The Sukhoi Su-24 is a Soviet-era attack aircraft designed to strike targets on the ground with precision. It became an important military asset for the Soviet Union and other countries, representing a significant advancement in combat aviation technology during the Cold War era.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- bomber
- Operator
- Algerian Air Force
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Developer
- Sukhoi Design Bureau
- Manufacturer
- Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association
- Image
- Sukhoi Su-24 inflight Mishin-3.jpg
- Height
- 6.19
- Length
- 21.29
- Has use
- air interdiction
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- Commons category
- Sukhoi Su-24
- powered by
- Lyulka AL-21
- NATO reporting name
- Fencer
- armament
- unguided bomb
- Commons gallery
- Sukhoi Su-24
- first flight
- 1970-01-17
- maximum operating altitude
- 11000
- wingspan
- 17.5
- service entry
- 1975-02-04
- wing area
- 55.2
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. It was the first of the USSR's aircraft to carry an integrated digital navigation/attack system.
The Su-24 started development in the early 1960s and first flew in 1967. It entered service in 1974 and production ceased in 1993. It remains in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces, Iranian Air Force, Ukrainian Air Force, Algerian Air Force and various other air forces to which it was exported.
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