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According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27#Operators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27#Operators) Two Su-27s were delivered to
by sremani 10y ago
According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27#Operators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27#Operators)
Two Su-27s were delivered to the U.S. in 1995 from Belarus.[60][72] Two more were bought from Ukraine in 2009 by a private company, Pride Aircraft to be used for aggressor training for U.S. pilots.[73]
- Inconel 10y agoThe two Su-27s that Pride Aircraft acquired and certified were big news when they were publicly put on sale around 2009-2010 but I'm not sure if they were actually bought by the USAF or a private company to do contracted DACT.
- TorKlingberg 10y agoI imagine it is tough work maintaining them. A decades old soviet plain, and you have no access to the manufacturer. I suppose the cannot just call Russia and order parts.
- trentnelson 10y agoSimilar to Iran trying to maintain a fleet of F-14s.