(NSI News Source Info) December 6, 2008: In July-August 2008 an Indian air force contingent with eight Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat aircraft participated in the international RED FLAG `08 advanced aerial combat training exercise in Nevada, USA, along with fighters from U.S. and French Air Force. It was the first time that the Russian-made Su-30MKI participated in multinational manoeuvres involving US and other NATO fighters.
The exercise results are widely discussed in the world aerospace media. In November 2008 the British Flight magazine offered their website visitors to pick the best fighter from the listed Su-30MKI, F-22 and F-15. 
Indian Su-30MKI during RED FLAG exercise. It is the first time the Indian air force has ever participated at RED FLAG or deployed this aircraft to the United States
Russian fighter was voted the best by 59% of visitors. American 5th-generation F-22 got 37% of votes. The USAF base fighter F-15 was favoured by only 4% of respondents.
Well-deserved success of the Su-30MKI is endorsed by its outstanding flight performance and combat abilities, Irkut said. It became the first serially produced fighter in the world to sport super-manoeuvrability, as well as the first Russian combat aircraft exported with the ESA radar. The Su-30MKI development is the result of cooperation between Irkut that initiated and led the project, Sukhoi Design Bureau and other Russian and Indian enterprises.
"The Indian airmen played an important role in defining the aircraft configuration by ordering the fighter to surpass any known combat aircraft at that moment," said an Irkut spokesman. The renowned Su-30MKI family fighters account for over 15% of Russia’s armament export. According to an Irkut spokesman the company is implementing a number of contracts for the Su-30 MKI with a delivery value of some $5 billion (€3.9 billion).
The Indian Air Force ordered about 250 of these aircraft; 150 of them are already delivered. Irkut also supplies technical kits for their licensed assembling to India’s major aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Recently, the Malaysian and Algerian Air Force also order fighters based on the Su-30MKI configuration. A number of other countries consider procuring the Su-30MKIs.
"Joint work on the Su-30MKI is a brilliant example of India’s ability to invest in increasing a particular aircraft’s potential by using indigenous technologies and know-how first and foremost in the avionics domain. While implementing this project we have proceeded from the aircraft direct supplies and their license production/hi-tech transfer to the virtual cooperation, " said Oleg Demchenko, President of Irkut.
This is a joke right?
ReplyDeleteApperently this is nothing more than uneducated people voting on planes they know nothing about.
Lets look at the facts. In Red Flag 2008 the F-15c dominated the Su-30mki. So badly that only 3 days of a 5 days 1 on1 engagements the IAF requested to do something else. THey were simply dominated.
You can;t compare the Su-30mki to the F-22. THe f-22 has a higher sustained degree per second turn rate, higher thrust to weight ratio, faster top speed, Stealthier. People can bash the US it doesnt matter. But when you look at the statistics side by side, the F-22 is far ahead against anything else on this planet...