---
title: "The Utilitarian Su-25 Frogfoot Actually Looks Sexy in These Amazing Photos"
description: "A good photographer can bring out the best in their models."
date: "2016-07-20"
modified: "2016-07-20"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway"
url: "https://www.twz.com/4500/the-utilitarian-su-25-frogfoot-actually-looks-sexy-in-these-amazing-photos"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "Around The Globe"
  - "Attack"
  - "Europe"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Su-25"
tags:
  - "adsafety"
  - "Bezmer Air Base"
  - "Bulgaria"
  - "Close Air Support"
  - "Frogfoots"
  - "Su-25"
---

# The Utilitarian Su-25 Frogfoot Actually Looks Sexy in These Amazing Photos

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/archive-images/13735040_636982793137958_655616273601117150_oa.jpg>)
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The Su-25 Frogfoot is hardly glamorous. In fact, it is a damn ugly specimen in its demo of tactical jets—[although the Russians have made much worse](<https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/meet-the-ilyushin-il-102-the-most-gorgeously-ugly-comb-1601030964>). Like the American A-10 Warthog, the Su-25 was built with one mission primarily in mind: close air support. The type was distributed throughout the former Soviet Union in the 1980s and to about two dozen other countries. More than a thousand Frogfoots were built.

![13725064\_636982796471291\_5823968515152720734\_o.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/13725064_636982796471291_5823968515152720734_o.jpg>)
*Su-25 on the runway at Bezmer Air Base., *via Bulgarian Air Force**

There's still demand for the Su-25s, which have proven valuable in the shadow-war in Ukraine and [the ongoing fight against ISIS in Iraq](<https://www.janes.com/article/59567/iraq-receives-additional-su-25s-from-russia>).

Bulgaria’s small air arm continues to operate about a dozen Frogfoots, and the tensions between Russia and NATO have brought Bulgaria’s [Su-25 community closer to America’s A-10 community](<https://www.twz.com/4014/how-a-small-town-girl-ended-up-in-the-cockpit-of-an-a-10-warthog>) than ever before.

![13708242\_636982799804624\_5941368045460256833\_o.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/13708242_636982799804624_5941368045460256833_o.jpg>)
*Runway lights create a moody atmosphere around this Bulgarian Air Force Su-25K., *Via Bulgarian Air Force**

Even with such a small fleet size, Bulgaria is proud of its “down and dirty” Su-25 force. Hence the amazing pictures posted over at the [Bulgarian Air Force's Facebook page](<https://www.facebook.com/Bulgarian-Air-Force-324088764427364/>). They were taken to celebrate Bezmer Air Base’s new runway, which is what Bulgaria's Frogfoots call home.

https://youtube.com/embed/ngXRCq3g69w

*Contact the author Tyler@thewarzone.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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