The Mach 2.25 Su-35 Flanker-E Fighter Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

The Mach 2.25 Su-35 Flanker-E Fighter Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

Key Points and Summary – The Su-35 Flanker-E is Sukhoi’s 4.5-generation evolution of the Su-27, pairing AL-41F1S thrust-vectoring engines with upgraded avionics and a powerful PESA radar to push high-alpha agility and long-range targeting. A single-seat air-superiority multirole, it carries roughly 8,000 kg of weapons from R-77/R-37 air-to-air missiles to Kh-31 and precision-guided bombs, and reaches about Mach 2.2 with limited supercruise. Su-3…